Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by ihateolives on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:17AM (#30540549)

> Some team members output has severely dropped. I've seen people playing video games during work hours for example. Also work and free time has mixed to a point where people just randomly take hour or two to go skiing or for a walk and routinely just quit at the normal time.

People spending time on other things could be a sign that they either don't want to can't do full 8h anyway. I can't, just can't, my mind does not work that way. I can spend 2-3 days at the lowest gear just barely ticking boxes and then get everything done in one productive day. I'd be happy and I dare say more productive for the dollar when working 6h for 20% reduced pay. I now still work 6h but stretched to 8h and I don't have guilt free extra 2h for my own stuff because I feel like I should be accomplishing something no matter my health, the weather, my emotional state or other factors going on in my life.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by automatic6131 on Friday March 04, 2022 @05:33AM (#30552903)

>People spending time on other things could be a sign that they either don't want to can't do full 8h anyway. I can't, just can't

It's a shame that people working in, say, low paying jobs in restaurants, care work, supermarkets, cleaning or factories can't say the same.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by nextlevelwizard on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:20PM (#30546383)

In my company literally nothing prevents from them negotiating less hours, but people don't want to take the pay cut they just want to play Elden Ring or Warhammer 3 or whatever is hottest game that week. It is especially bad with the guys who have young kids because they have no free time so they "sneak in" some game time during the work day.

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