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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by dom96 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @12:55PM (#37065486)
That's all fair, though there is one clear advantage that commuting has (via certain modes of transport) and that is exercise.

I say this as someone that loves working from home, but before I did so I would get thousands of steps in every day running towards the tube in London and around all the platforms. Dunno, maybe the positive health benefits of the steps are outweighed by how polluted the air in London (and likely even more so the tube) is.

But getting less steps in every day due to WFH is a real problem.

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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by gspencley on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:07PM (#37066430)
This will depend on how you commute. I agree that exercise is important but if I were commuting within the city that I live, I would be driving to work and walking maybe 10 steps to my car and 20 steps to my desk. In a large urban centre where you are dependent on public transit then this might be a benefit.
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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by barbazoo on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:17PM (#37066556)
> But getting less steps in every day due to WFH is a real problem.

It is! The solution is to walk more and everyone gets to decide how, we're all grown ups.

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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by BluePen8 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @02:26PM (#37066658)
As someone recovering from a back injury, I was excited as hell to work from home.

6-8 weeks later, I wondered why my back hurt so damn much.

I had no idea how much my office’s slow elevators and 5 flights of stairs had been helping, had to manually add that back into my life.

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