Working From Home. Torture
Discussion
wastedyouth86 said:
Sorry but in my eyes working in an office is torture, first they start slow with a horrible commute, then building with having to suffer 'office banter' and trying not to upset people by the latest woke trends, then eating a crappy lunch looking out the window to some dreary view and then you get to drive home another hour your not being paid for.
work from home for life.
You may think that you sound stoic and admirable, but you just sound a bit odd and miserable.work from home for life.
ps. The word "woke" doesn't help your case.
mikeiow said:
I do feel sorry for the younger generation....building up decent work relationships is much harder without face to face time.
Agreed. Only a certain sort of person will suit the current situation and the part-time at the office of the future, as companies save money on rent by cutting back on office space. I think it will have a detrimental effect on staff development.
fastraxx said:
Lord Marylebone said:
From this, and your other posts on PH, it sounds like you have hated your working life.
Why did you keep doing it if you hated it? Why didn't you just go and do something else or work somewhere else?
That’s often easier to say than do - especially if it’s a wage cut Why did you keep doing it if you hated it? Why didn't you just go and do something else or work somewhere else?
oldbanger said:
Woodrow Wilson said:
Definitely. It's very difficult to change direction, especially if you have dependents.
It really depends. I am on career 3.5. I am main earner with 2 kids. It has however meant taking risks and investing in coaching/courses. And not taking on any big financial commitments other than the mortgage (and college fees paid in instalments) I can't think of anything that I could do that I could face paying and studying for that would pay well.
Looking ahead to a time when things are not so limited and the economy picks up again, I'm wondering what reasonably remunerated and stimulating (and not requiring years of study)alternative employment there could be that won't require sitting at home staring a screen all day with frequent brews to relieve the tedium?
Out and about, meeting folks. All depends on your idea of reasonable remuneration though.I no longer work from home.
I no longer do my old job either.
I am thankful for both changes for the better.
For socially normal people, people who do not like to sit and stare solidly at a monitor for 8 hours per day and people who actually enjoy working with, and learning from, others for tangible results, working from home is not good at all.
Sitting on your backside all day every day is not good for health and judging by the seemingly ever-increasing mass of people that I see locally, not good for your waistline either (When I worked from home, I exercised most lunch times and a few evenings, bit this appears to be relatively rare).
Having said that, my old workplace was particularly rubbish, though. There was very little job satisfaction and I suspect that very few people actually enjoyed the work, other than many of them never really having to actually deliver anything to completion, whilst being paid quite well.
With hindsight, it was almost entirely crap even when we were working from the office. It wasn't just me and I wasn't the problem.
Maybe working from home would not have been quite so bad in a better job?
My new job is much more varied and involves a mixture of desk time, productive(!) meetings and site work.
I wonder how many companies will eventually die away due to people realising that they do not actually offer anything much to clients or employees?
I no longer do my old job either.
I am thankful for both changes for the better.
For socially normal people, people who do not like to sit and stare solidly at a monitor for 8 hours per day and people who actually enjoy working with, and learning from, others for tangible results, working from home is not good at all.
Sitting on your backside all day every day is not good for health and judging by the seemingly ever-increasing mass of people that I see locally, not good for your waistline either (When I worked from home, I exercised most lunch times and a few evenings, bit this appears to be relatively rare).
Having said that, my old workplace was particularly rubbish, though. There was very little job satisfaction and I suspect that very few people actually enjoyed the work, other than many of them never really having to actually deliver anything to completion, whilst being paid quite well.
With hindsight, it was almost entirely crap even when we were working from the office. It wasn't just me and I wasn't the problem.
Maybe working from home would not have been quite so bad in a better job?
My new job is much more varied and involves a mixture of desk time, productive(!) meetings and site work.
I wonder how many companies will eventually die away due to people realising that they do not actually offer anything much to clients or employees?
Edited by Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday 18th July 19:45
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