Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?

Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by Gigachad on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:03PM (#34669360)

You have to go back to the office. All my friends and coworkers who have tried it haven’t gone back to remote work. People weren’t meant to sit alone all day.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by earthling8118 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:06PM (#34671890)

So how does the office solve that exactly? I worked in an office in the before times. It was me sitting alone all day. Sure I was surrounded by other people technically but I was working on my own stuff and didn't interact. There was more annoyance than anything: constant chatter, super bright fluorescent overhead lighting, sickness spreading, etc

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by spacedcowboy on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:30PM (#34672069)

I am very happy not going back to the office. Perhaps I'm a sociopath, I don't know, but I would rather retire than return, and my boss is well aware. My company is on "mandatory" 2-days-a-week in the office, but I haven't been asked to return, and still sit in my shed. Which is awesome.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by squeaky-clean on Sunday February 05, 2023 @08:57PM (#34672290)

Different folks, different strokes. I started working remote about 3 years before Covid and won't go back to the office.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by TheCleric on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:18PM (#34672434)

Same. Both because I prefer it, and because it means my job opportunities aren't geographically limited.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by op00to on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:46PM (#34672654)

My company no longer has any offices. We got rid of them, saved us some layoffs apparently.

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