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No shit. I was working remotely (but also in office when needed as critical staff) over the pandemic. Before the pandemic we were given 1 day per week to work remotely. I had talked to the manager a few months before and got the feeling that they were going to go back to full time in office. He had called me begging for me to not quit since most of the team had by that point.

I found a new job that was guaranteed remote permanently. I put in my notice. The day after my last day at the old job the required everyone at every site to RTO a full 5 days per week...for no real reason whatsoever. Im glad I left, that boss was a dick anyway.

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>Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent, according to a case study published last week by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan.

No shit. I was working remotely (but also in office when needed as critical staff) over the pandemic. Before the pandemic we were given 1 day per week to work remotely. I had talked to the manager a few months before and got the feeling that they were going to go back to full time in office. He had called me begging for me to not quit since most of the team had by that point. I found a new job that was guaranteed remote permanently. I put in my notice. The day after my last day at the old job the required everyone at every site to RTO a full 5 days per week...for no real reason whatsoever. Im glad I left, that boss was a dick anyway. Archive: https://archive.today/2HWfB From the post: >>Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent, according to a case study published last week by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan.

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I won't go back to an office unless it's in my home.

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With limited exceptions, the work I do could always be done remotely. What is the fucking point of wasting the time, gas, money, etc on a commute when my commute could be the 5 minutes it takes from making my morning tea/coffee to my desk and first meeting of the day.

If I have a choice I will never go back to in-office work. Most of my work week was wasted by people wanting to hang out in my office and talk about irrelevant shit. I can get a whole week's worth of work done in a day or two if I am remote. If I am in office, most of that time is wasted by "forced socializing" by people that have no life outside of the office and no friends/hobbies/etc.

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Yep. Except, I have the added bonus of a group that loves chatting on Teams doing what you just described virtually.

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At least if its on teams/slack/whatever I can mostly just ignore it or respond when I am done working on something. When someone just walks into my office and expects me to spend the next 2+ hours "just chatting" I get really pissed off.

A few years ago I started leaving my office light off and locking my office door so people would leave me alone so I could get work done. That did not stop the useless manager from messaging me and asking to drop by (probably to make sure I was actually in my office) then wasting at least 2+ hours of my time to justify their useless fucking position. I am a bit bitter about this... for reasons.