Before WFH, I used to do my 40 hours and that was it. Once I was done with work, I was done for the day. Once WFH started, I always start half an hour early and finish half an hour or an hour late. Plus, I am never fully done with work. I keep checking and responding to my email hours after I should be done with work. Despite that, I'd still choose WFH over RTO without a second thought (I save at least ten hours per week in commute time and I love being close to my family all the time). I can't understand why WFC would prefer to lose my increased productivity just to have me sit in a half-empty office each day.
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You're projecting. Some very much do.
@feg+1ksiHXNU If you’re so “bored” you’re answering random work emails off hours might I suggest a hobby? I mean, wow.
@wcn+1ksiHXNU You do realize that there is a huge difference between responding to an email off hours if you’re bored vs “working” after normal operating hours and not being compensated right? Nah, of course you or other respondents don’t because you can’t grasp that time is fungible and those hours you spend during the day slacking off are supposed to be paid for by any employer you may have. You automatically assume people aren’t flexing time or that an individual is spending dedicated hours working uncompensated for hours which is equally as comical as someone actually doing it. If I happen to spend 10 minutes actioning a task off-hours during a period of time I have nothing to do but that generates 3 hours of free time the next work day for me sounds like I made a beneficial choice. For me.
BS, nobody wants to be around their family all the time
OP you do realize you get emails outside of working hours because the C-suite is laying people off and those left are working longer and longer, right? It’s fine to put in a few extra hours for something specific here and there but when it’s status quo it means that they either don’t have enough people working or the processes people are following need to be streamlined.
Either way, that’s management’s failure and all you’re doing is propping them up - until they either cut you or burn you out.
If you’re an hourly employee, answering emails outside of your regular hours gives a false picture of what can be done by budgeted staff during a 40 hour week.. it’s also called wage theft if you’re donating your time and not being compensated (regulatory “No No”).
Don’t get me wrong, I love WFH, but this drive to give 110% for a corporate entity that trickles the revenue from our exploited labors is only feeding the out of control compensation packages of Charlie and the C Suite (awesome band name BTW).
It shouldn’t matter if we WFH or RTO. GIVE THEM WHAT THEY PAY FOR. There’s no future on a sinking ship. Even the band is racing for the lifeboats.