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Re:Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s... by bravetraveler on Friday September 22, 2023 @01:24PM (#37614865)
Indeed - just today I joked with my manager that being forced on-site has perks; aimlessly wandering/engaging people looks like productive work.

You can run a gambit with this; nobody expects you to be able to really prove Useful Conversations happened.

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Re:Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s... by breischl on Friday September 22, 2023 @01:53PM (#37615280)
>aimlessly wandering/engaging people looks like productive work.

Indeed, even though it might actually be _negative_ work, if one of those people would have otherwise been productive. Which was one of my major gripes with being in the office.

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Re:Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s... by bravetraveler on Friday September 22, 2023 @02:12PM (#37615546)
That negative work is so true. Like you, that's my main complaint.

I'm a local celebrity due to putting out all the Big Fires - so now, whenever people see me on-site as a trapped/captive audience, I hear about every hint of smoke.

Thankfully our mandates are currently more... suggestions, giving credit to the "layoffs but not really" story IMO.

It's annoying to even re-negotiate. I've been remote for years, pre-pandemic, only appearing when required.

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