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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by StevePerkins on Thursday March 03, 2022 @09:29AM (#30541441)
If you're going many days without any human interaction, then the issue isn't your inability to force your colleagues into the same physical space with you. The issue is that you're confusing your colleagues for a personal social support network.

Remote or in-office, that's not healthy. Go outside. Make real friendships with people you don't work with. And if you're struggling with that, then seek help. But don't force me into a car for 10 hours per week, just to help you fake a social support network.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by BurningFrog on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:30AM (#30542272)
I didn't suggest forcing you to do anything. Only that some people prefer different things than you. Apparently that upsets you.

Believe it or not, a lot of people do make friends at work. I can see why that might happen less for you.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by chucksta on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:03AM (#30542712)
Requiring people to do anything is by definition a use of force.

They didn't say anything is wrong with having friends at work, only that using work as your only social avenue is unhealthy.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by salawat on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:32AM (#30542290)
There are those that end up cleaning up after everyone else that don't necessarily have the time to do that because the work needs to get done or someone gets blocked. I envy the people that get to clock out at the normal time, and are free to not consider downstream effects of what they do because that would take too much time away from their social endeavors. At least with WFH, you generally have enough contact info to call that sort of thing out, and ideally, wort it out.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:32PM (#30543948)
> I envy the people that get to clock out at the normal time

What's stopping you from doing the same?

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