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There is no reason for me to be in a office to do my job and there has not been one for well over a decade. Stop wasting employees time with commutes and "forced socialization" in the office because you think it leads to "watercooler breakthroughs". That does not happen, breakthroughs come from your best employees getting together to talk then going off and thinking on their own. Not chatting on what is supposed to be their break time.

HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41154839 HN Archive: https://archive.today/qO3o5

Article Archive: https://archive.today/mP9nT

From the post:

>Many tech firms have spent the last two years summoning workers back into the office—all the while threatening them with layoffs. Even Zoom reverted to in-person working last year. But now, it looks like tech bosses have given up their war on working from home. Just 3% of tech firms are now asking their workers to go into the office full-time—a significant drop from 8% last year.

There is no reason for me to be in a office to do my job and there has not been one for well over a decade. Stop wasting employees time with commutes and "forced socialization" in the office because you think it leads to "watercooler breakthroughs". That does not happen, breakthroughs come from your best employees getting together to talk then going off and thinking on their own. Not chatting on what is supposed to be their break time. HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41154839 HN Archive: https://archive.today/qO3o5 Article Archive: https://archive.today/mP9nT From the post: >>Many tech firms have spent the last two years summoning workers back into the office—all the while threatening them with layoffs. Even Zoom reverted to in-person working last year. But now, it looks like tech bosses have given up their war on working from home. Just 3% of tech firms are now asking their workers to go into the office full-time—a significant drop from 8% last year.

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"watercooler breakthroughs". That does not happen, breakthroughs come from your best employees getting together to talk then going off and thinking on their own.

Exactly. Unfortunately, solving most problems with a "break through" solution usually comes from fixing someone else's fuck up. I come up with an idea that could give me the potential of financial independance/fuck you money I sure as shit ain't telling my boss or coworkers.

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Yeah, that is a good point. Still, shitty managers still try to claim that "random interactions in the break room or hallway lead to greatness". No. No it fucking does not. What it leads to is someone wasting my already over stressed time for 20-30 minutes when the last thing I want to do is talk to them and I was trying to think something over and you just interrupted me.

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Obviously you're not working if your butt isn't in a seat in the office. How can you be micro-managed otherwise?

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God damn "ass in chair" managers. I hate those people so much. My current "boss" is well aware that if they try to force some sort of RTO I and the vast majority of the team will be looking for new jobs immediately.