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Adventures in the office

Lugged my 10 pound bag filled with my laptop, headset, snacks and lunch, water bottle, and office shoes since leadership decided we no longer deserve assigned cubes and we can’t leave any items at the office.

Saw 6 people today on my floor (a record!). We literally all sat in separate cube rows farthest from the entrance because none of us know each other or really care to.

Unfortunately I sat next to a cougher today and someone heated up some sort of fishy concoction for lunch today…

People started leaving after lunch and floor was empty by 3 pm, so I left too. Fortunately there is no badge out in my building so everyone just clocks in, get what they need done, and leaves as soon as they can. I’ve decided that the 2+ hours I spend commuting will be counted toward how many hours I work.

Walk to the car was not very pleasant because there aren’t many commuters coming in anymore and the area feels a little sketchy.

An hour later made it back home in one piece exhausted from the commute and questioning the logic of RTO and why I wasted 2 hours of my day on this and preparing myself to do it all over again…

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Post ID: @OP+1k3LwFSb

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The location I was at had locked drawers and gave me a key.

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Post ID: @pza+1k3LwFSb

@her+1k3LwFSb You get it! You can quiet quit to stick it to Charlie all you want but without working on current tech you are really going to suffer interviewing.

And even the current tech that is here is so ba----dized to fit an ancient process that when you explain it to someone outside they think something is seriously wrong with your understanding of how things should work.

Pluralsight to your heart’s content but without practical experience to back it up, you’re in trouble.

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Post ID: @ojd+1k3LwFSb

My tech skills are fading out compared to those who are at more competive fully remote companies. There isn't anyone left on the team with talent.

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Post ID: @her+1k3LwFSb

Suckka!!!

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Post ID: @tcn+1k3LwFSb

My day- found a place to sit. Found out a coworker was there. Never talked to him because we were both on calls. Spent time setting up monitors, headset. Went to use bathroom- found that it was being cleaned. Walked around looking for another since I’m not there enough to know anything about the building. Went to a different floor still looking. Got semi lost. Decided to get a drink of water at the water cooler. Tried to find a garbage can near my cube. Nothing was labeled so maybe recycled or not. Saw a couple people scuttle by avoiding eye contact. Left and drove home to get some work done.

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Post ID: @agy+1k3LwFSb

RTO is as useless as the VAX

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Post ID: @ton+1k3LwFSb

"I’ve decided that the 2+ hours I spend commuting will be counted toward how many hours I work."

This is becoming a more common/popular approach to RTO. And I'm all for it.

The C suite can keep trying to dictate terms on this, but at some point even they will recognize the ridiculousness in trying to codify every little 'do' and 'don't' as it pertains to RTO. (Among other reasons, if RTO is as great as they tell us, then why all the prison rules around it?)

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Post ID: @yxk+1k3LwFSb

Sad but very, very true. Absolutely pointless policy implemented by old, out of touch executives who should have been put out to pasture by now.

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