A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office

    • transientDCer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Same. Guy that sits behind me in the office has an average speaking volume of 78 decibels. Yes, I pulled out a sound meter one day because he is so goddamn loud. And I’m stuck in an open floor plan with him.

      • MaxVerstappen@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        My kids are less distracting than the folks who walk into my office to chat while I’m in a working session. “Are you in a meeting? Yes? Oh well, You should have seen…”

      • Riskable@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        A quiet desk with your dog next to you or… soul-crushing commute and a noisy office?

        Gee, I wonder why people are generally more productive at home?

        • Juvyn00b@lemmynsfw.com
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          Especially with the expansion of the open office… Ugh. I’ve avoided it for most of my career and I hope to never go back to an official office unless it has a door on it.

      • Domriso@kbin.social
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        Plus there’s a multitude of studies showing that people work far less than 8 hours a day, even if they are physically present at the job. I doubt productivity actually drops at all.

        • Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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          I worked in a government office that supported a very seasonal industry.
          My coworker had an 8:30 start and would be done her work by 9.
          Other times we wouldn’t have time in the day to finish, but the slow season was hell.