When I interned at MS in 2021, I was forced to be remote. I sat in calls with heavily-accented people with crying babies in the background. It was unbelievably bad. I was catching every third word from my “mentor”.
That’s why I’m not there today. (I turned down a full time offer)
The question is not “do some people prefer offices”, the problem is “some people prefer offices and then require everyone else to be there to support them as well”
Since the purpose of a company is to function as a whole, and not to accommodate individual employees, the actual question and issue at hand is whether companies and company teams function better working remotely or working in office. This is also a matter not simply of the state of being in office, but of office work. Coming to the office to only talk to remote employees is not office work, but remote work with more steps. Office work isn't possible unless the team is present.
And now, people go back to the office and I hear other people in the background instead of babies because companies have mandatory office days when they have all employees there at the same time. I can tell you, it's easier to phase out baby than other people in the background :)
olliej|1 year ago
The question is not “do some people prefer offices”, the problem is “some people prefer offices and then require everyone else to be there to support them as well”
TeaBrain|1 year ago
andry_ad|1 year ago