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Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by dagw on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:20AM (#42451142)
The rest of the day, you listen to small talk

The office where I work we have a whole section of one floor that is strictly no talking and phones must be on mute. If you want silence you can sit there. I cannot imagine that we are the only company that has come up with this idea.

That being said, I still work from home when I feel like it.

Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by siva7 on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:27AM (#42451212)
But what's the point of being at the office? I can get the same at home
Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by dagw on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:43AM (#42451360)
I can get the same at home

Personally I find home more distracting than the office. The office is a clean work space with a desk with only my work computer and work stuff and everybody around me is also working.

Home has chores and errands and 'fun' and all kinds of other Not Work stuff to tempt me away from working. Plus once my kids come home from school, quiet concentration time is effectively over.

But as I said, I'm not advocating for mandatory return to office, and I do work at home 1-2 days a week.

Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by tivert on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @12:21PM (#42452543)
> Home has chores and errands and 'fun' and all kinds of other Not Work stuff to tempt me away from working. Plus once my kids come home from school, quiet concentration time is effectively over.

It's funny how serving one's employer has become the highest duty.

Work not done? After-hours issue? Then work overtime. Kids are home? Go to the office to avoid being distracted from work.

Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by dagw on Thursday December 19, 2024 @03:28AM (#42459525)
Or, I go to the office, focus for 6 hours uninterrupted, get done what needs to be done, and then go home and not think about work at all for the rest of the day.
Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by sixothree on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @03:24PM (#42454685)
After a day of work at the office I would never have left the kitchen as dirty as a day of work from home.
Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by Pooge on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:27AM (#42451213)
> I cannot imagine that we are the only company that has come up with this idea.

In a company I used to work for, 2 floors were (completely) unoccupied but some were insufferable. 2 floors worth tens of thousands of dollars monthly were just completely unused whatsoever.

Re:AT&T follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a... by siva7 on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:29AM (#42451234)
I can top that with 11 floors in one building by one company unused.