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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ZFtdGGXwyWIpKKv on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:10PM (#28833671)
You're completely unable to empathize with those of us who have families and other commitments outside of work. Being forced to travel for work to some faraway "exotic" destination is literally the worst thing ever for someone who has kids or an ailing relative or even a garden to tend to. Mandatory offsites are extremely painful for those who have strong ties to home.

At my company offsites aren't mandatory: those who want to go, can go; but those who for some reason don't want to or can't are not looked down upon as "non-team players" or "antisocial". People are all different, and it's about time you recognized that.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by alchemism on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:52PM (#28834019)
People with responsibilities in a fixed location probably should not take traveling salesperson positions, generally speaking.
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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by kwakja on Monday October 11, 2021 @07:51PM (#28834402)
Completely agree, but this seems to be a common theme in the whole comment section - everyone is painting everything in black and white with personal preferences despite acknowledging that personal differences exist.

If one can't empathize, I'd hope one would at least be able to sympathize with another's objectively different situation.

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Re:Is going to the office a broken way of working? by ZFtdGGXwyWIpKKv on Monday October 11, 2021 @08:24PM (#28834615)
Plenty of software engineers are being made to go on mandatory "retreats" regardless of whether they like it or not.
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