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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by johnnyanmac on Saturday August 12, 2023 @03:27AM (#37097898)
>What percentage of long-distance relationships work out long-term? Do you become more or less close with friends after they move out of town? Do you still "know" them the same as you did when you regularly met in person for lunch or drinks? Is it awkward when you do see each other in person that one visit a year?

that's the crux of a lot of people here. You are comparing coworkers to friend and some people don't care about friendhips at work. They just want to do their work, stay in good graces, and get back to their leisure ASAP. It's not their job to care about overall company productivity, so as long as they feel more productive it's a win. Any inefficies is irrelevant because it means the ball is in their court and they still get more time for said leisure.

As of now, the WFH initiative is the cloesest we got to a wide scale 32 hour work week that many desire.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by xedrac on Saturday August 12, 2023 @04:28AM (#37098195)
It's more like a 52 hour work week for me. I think it depends on your personality. I have a hard time stopping my work, but I still think the benefits outweigh that.
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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by skirmish on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:04PM (#37105310)
I had this problem and solved it by tracking time spent in a spreadsheet. I have time targets for work and personal projects per week. If they are above, next week I switch some time e.g. from work to personal projects. I found this greatly reduces risk of burnout for me.
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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by pcthrowaway on Sunday August 13, 2023 @03:32PM (#37113441)
Why not just use a time tracking app like Toggl instead of a spreadsheet?

I guess the spreadsheet isn't so bad if you work in long, 2-4+ hour chunks. I often work in 30-minute bursts so just being able to click the start and stop buttons in my browser is less tedious than entering the time manually

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by skirmish on Sunday August 13, 2023 @06:45PM (#37115393)
Sure, that would work as well. I have macros in the spreadsheet, so starting/stopping a timer is quick too. I like to see at the beginning of the day what is my current ideal work/project ratio.
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