…the organic connections and spontaneous culture building that happens when we’re all together all the time
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OP: you gotta be kidding me! It’s a job, not a place to find companionship.
@jph and @ogr are right. There are lots and lots of socialization avenues out there, much more gratifying and healthy than work. Re-visit that old adage (way before 'work-life balance' became trendy), "work to live, don't live to work". Or even the old 60's (or was it 70's, 80's ?) saying, "Get a life".
Most people who want to go all WFH are the ones who do not want to be seen, monitored or observed at all in any way while they are not working while on company time. It makes it a heck of a lot easier to take take of the kids, run errands, do housework, take care of personal business of all sorts, and oh SO many things that can be done at home under the guise of working on company tasks and issues, while still collecting a paycheck for doing little to nothing.
What's not to like?
I read this as OP misses the old days where they could brown nose
me too
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU AND NOBODY ELSE OP!
Must be someone from management. No one wants to deal with the commute for some water cooler talk. It just doesn't really help anything. Time to move past the baby boomer need for in person.
Sounds like you need to start up a hippie commune, or move to Denmark ?
Don't miss it at all. I'd rather work from home permanently.
Find your community, meaning, and purpose outside of your work. Your occupation isn’t your identity. Get a hobby, go to church, spend time with your family.
Reality has always been full of dreamers whose chakras are baptized in organic connections. Humankind has nothing to lose. We are at a crossroads of nature and spontaneous culture building - remember this.
Ok