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 kccqzy on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:20PM (#34669553)

You are confusing between friends at work and the employer itself. Layoffs are irrelevant: your friends (including those at work) will support you if you are laid off, unlike your employer.

Also, once you make a friend at work you can meet outside the workplace, or communicate with non-work communication channels.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by ipaddr on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:38PM (#34669745)

But you won't because the reason why you spent time together was someone paid you to. How many people are you still hanging out with the company you worked 10 or 5 years ago? Very few if any..

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by temprose on Sunday February 05, 2023 @06:55PM (#34671254)

Depends on the person. I still text a guy that I worked with 5 years ago and we still play games together online from time to time. I don't keep in touch with my old boomer manager though because we don't have any mutual interests.

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Re:Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office? by wlonkly on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:10PM (#34671417)

For n=1: Most of my friends, and definitely my closest friends. That said I made more close, long-term friends as hire #11 at a startup than I did as hire #111 at a midsize tech company.

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