offices..........love em or hate em?

[Sweats]

I'll keep this one simple so you can all keep up......

 

I've been working in an office for the past year on a project wayyyyyyyyy up north.

We have shared offices (2 people per office) and I have had to change my office 3 times over the past 8 months (i have been asked politely to go to a different office each time).

 

Now, i was beginning to believe that it was me, but how could that ever be?.......you guys have seen me well enough on these boards to know that i could never be the problem, so......

 

offices......love em or hate em?

[Fleezoid]

23 minutes ago, Sweats said:

I'll keep this one simple so you can all keep up......

 

I've been working in an office for the past year on a project wayyyyyyyyy up north.

We have shared offices (2 people per office) and I have had to change my office 3 times over the past 8 months (i have been asked politely to go to a different office each time).

 

Now, i was beginning to believe that it was me, but how could that ever be?.......you guys have seen me well enough on these boards to know that i could never be the problem, so......

 

offices......love em or hate em?

 

 

[RkFast]

Mine is fine. Now that we are mostly WFH and Im not stuck in it 45 hours a week, I find it much more tolerable and its good to see people, meet in person on projects and keep some sort of a semblance of company culture in place. 

[PastaJoe]

I always preferred working in the office instead of from home. The routine of getting dressed, driving to work, and interacting with co-workers put me in the proper mindset, as opposed to the Covid year when I’d walk downstairs, plop down on the sofa and turn on the computer for 8 hours of solitude.

[Sweats]

I've always done construction projects as a Project Manager or Project Oversight and although i have always had an office, i very rarely ever worked in it, as i was always in the field and around the sites.

On this project, they want me to sit in my office for hours at a time.........i hate it, so i'm sure my cheery good moods probably reflect this in my daily interactions with my co-workers.

[RiotAct]

Hate. I work in tech and we have an “open office” concept… it’s awful.

 

Our company’s security head recently sent out an email to everyone with tips on how to fend off aggressive panhandlers downtown 😂😂😂

 

Luckily I can still WFH Mondays and Fridays… for now.

[Augie]

52 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

I always preferred working in the office instead of from home. The routine of getting dressed, driving to work, and interacting with co-workers put me in the proper mindset, as opposed to the Covid year when I’d walk downstairs, plop down on the sofa and turn on the computer for 8 hours of solitude.

 

My wife’s employer had a hard time getting everyone back into the office. A lot of people just didn’t want to come back in, and some had moved out of state. That’s pretty bold!  😂 

 

The young people who said they can do everything they need to do from the comfort of their home don’t know what they don’t know. You learn and grow by being exposed to people with more experience and different points of view. That does not happen to the same extent virtually. 

 

When I retired I did miss the routine of getting up, going in and interacting with everybody. There is a comfort to that routine, even when I hated my job for a couple years. I left the job, but I missed the people. My Golden Retrievers are good listeners, but not much into full conversations. 

[Sweats]

I love working from home.

I turned my one spare room (not the one with the pissy mattress) into an office.......put a desk and chair in the corner and it's all set up for working. The best part is that i still have the spare bed in the room, so i just tell my wife i'm very busy with work, close the door and have a 3 hour nap.

 

They tend to frown on 3 hour naps in the office at work.

[Augie]

8 minutes ago, Sweats said:

I love working from home.

I turned my one spare room (not the one with the pissy mattress) into an office.......put a desk and chair in the corner and it's all set up for working. The best part is that i still have the spare bed in the room, so i just tell my wife i'm very busy with work, close the door and have a 3 hour nap.

 

They tend to frown on 3 hour naps in the office at work.

 

If YOU snooze at the office, somebody will notice and sneak in to mess with your stuff and poop on your desk. Remain alert and vigilant at all times! 

 

My favorite job ever could be done equally well at home or at the office. It was the happiest 13 working years of my life. I was at the office at least for a couple hours almost every day. I loved the flexibility that it wasn’t necessary, but I learned a lot from the other people, and had some things I could offer to help others. It’s hard to get better in a vacuum. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Hate them.  Pencil pushers pound pumice.