Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for work

Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:48PM (#37023873)

> Personally, working from home and not seeing my teammates and colleagues in person for long periods of time makes me more depressed and increases anxiety level.

That sounds unhealthy. Do you have family and community relationships? Work should be professional relationships. You provide services in exchange for money. If you are getting anxious and depressed from not seeing the people you work with, I think something is wrong with work life balance.

By the way, it is the company that benefits from this one sided attachment. If you feel emotionally attached to the company you are less likely to leave for higher pay or tolerate more abuse from the company. Believe me, the company will have no regrets parting with you if they feel you are not adding to their business value.

Companies love selling their employees on how they are a part of a family and how they are all on mission together. They are trying to inspire loyalty. In reality, the company has pretty much zero loyalty to you.

I think one of the reasons companies are trying to get rid of WFH, is that it is harder to make people emotionally dependent on the company and inspire one sided loyalty if they are working remotely.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by dionidium on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:50PM (#37023903)

> That sounds unhealthy.

This is kind of risible. No, it does not sound "unhealthy" to express a desire to spend time around colleagues as part of the work day. I can hardly imagine a more natural or healthy desire.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by danielbln on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:57PM (#37024002)

Frankly, that says more about you than OP.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by benjaminwootton on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:11PM (#37024200)

Well I agree with him. I strongly prefer in person work and find working from home depressing.

When someone implies it’s a character flaw or because you don’t have a social life it’s offensive. My life is fine outside of work.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:01PM (#37024053)

It is fine to want to spend time with your coworkers. However, it is unhealthy if not seeing you co-workers make you depressed and anxious.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by dionidium on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:14PM (#37024241)

I think, in fact, "not being around other people makes lots of healthy, ordinary people feel depressed and anxious" is just about as robust a finding in human psychology as you're likely to find.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Sunday August 06, 2023 @01:29PM (#37024448)

Agreed. But if the only people you are around and depend on for your mental health is your coworkers, that is unhealthy. There should be other relationships in your life that are meeting your social needs outside of work. If that is not the case, it is unhealthy.

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Re:Ironically, Zoom tells employees to return to office for ... by concordDance on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:57PM (#37023995)

> Work should be professional relationships

Sounds like a cultural thing.

One of the best periods in my life was working with people who became my friends.

> Believe me, the company will have no regrets parting with you if they feel you are not adding to their business value.

"The company" doesn't exist. Its a somewhat useful abstraction. The people involved can and will keep people on long after they "should" have been fired. At least here is Europe.

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