You can’t bribe, threaten, or feed people to get them back in the office

Re:You can’t bribe, threaten, or feed people to get them bac... by vidarh on Monday February 06, 2023 @08:49AM (#34677226)

A middle ground is to not expect in office work and to structure things accordingly (that means e.g. meetings needs to treat people dialling in on an equal footing, always). I don't mind if others go in to the office. I mind if I'm made to.

But it's also not nearly as simple as you suggest. My girlfriend is very extrovert, but still also prefer mostly working from home, because while she can socialise a little bit while working it forces her to socialise with a small set of people she has not chosen, while robbing her of extra time (the commute) that she can use to socialise with those she has chosen.

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Re:You can’t bribe, threaten, or feed people to get them bac... by einherjae on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:34AM (#34678858)

Fair enough, but then again if one is to spend a certain large part of one’s day doing something, shouldn’t that be something one enjoys to some degree? And the degree of socialization might matter for the judgement of that.

I.e. if you don’t like your colleagues, perhaps a new job is in the cards. (and yes, i do get the entire point about reducing the number of hours worked as a solution)

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Re:You can’t bribe, threaten, or feed people to get them bac... by vidarh on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:08AM (#34679460)

The degree of socialization might matter, but it may also not, including for many extroverts.

And changing jobs for the sake of changing colleagues is high risk - you don't get a chance to interview all your colleagues before taking a new one. It's not even necessarily about not liking them, but about not wanting to sacrifice extra time in order to spend more time face to face with them.

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