There are a lot of news articles about “back to the office”, but they recirculate the same bad ideas. Let’s provide some new ideas for the media to circulate. It may also have the effect of making the office less terrible.
I would like my work computer to do Windows updates lightning quick in the office. It currently takes weeks, in or out of the office. Stopping in for a day makes no difference, so there is no point. Now, if there was a point, I would go in.
What would get you in the office?
Wait you guys are allowed to work remote full time?
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I work as an IT guy for a small business (6 people total) and I honestly prefer working in the office:
- it’s easier to focus, I’m much more effective than when doing work at home, despite 95% of my work being possible to be done remotely
- I like most of the 5 people I work with
- I prefer separating life and work: I go to the office, do the work, go home and don’t think about it until the next time I’m over there. I wouldn’t like to associate my apartment with the mundane tasks I sometimes have to do for work
Also the commute isn’t bad because I live in a well-connected district in a European capital. It’s a 12 minute door-to-door bus ride for me, I don’t even bother driving.
Nothing. Been working from home for 4 years and wouldnt go back for nothing.
Okay, maybe if we had 2 pizza fridays a week.
Not responding to e-mail when i clock out
- Commute as part of working hours.
- Reliable public transit, with the monthly pass paid by work.
- Salary increase of at least 15%.
I feel all of these are relatively realistic and achievable by my workplace except for reliable public transit which is out of their hands. Thankfully they’re still remote first though there have been a few indications that this might change.
