Yes, being able to separate your home and personal lives is awful. Having your staff being able to communicate and work in a structured environment to facilitate production is just useless. People work better when they have no incentive or punishment to keep them in line.
Set expectations on when you'll return communications, get your shit done, and attend your meetings. Do this, and none of what you posted is an issue. A company that tracks how much time you sit at your laptop is not doing it right.
Privilege! Some people work desk jobs living out from their cars! To them, it would be far superior to have a real chair, computer, et cetera.
In less fringe cases, people who share multiple tenants per small apartment room.
WFH is superior for desk jobs where the person lives in a rural or suburban sprawl and already is of lower-upper-class or better. If you allow for good child management, then upper-middle-class or better, because unless you discipline that child good, they ARE going to distract from work.
Oh, and I guess WFH is superior for lowering the overall population of retired people, since if you get stressed at work, you are now unable to leave it at work. Expectations of on call 24/7, since you're always in your office.
If your company doesn't specify work hours, they are a shit company and you should look for a way out. Your office is also your laptop. When you shut it at the end of the day, that's the equivalent of leaving the office.
Also, idk exactly where you're located, but most double-bed studios in blue shitholes are way more expensive than renting a house with friends in the suburbs. All you need is a desk, a power outlet, and wifi. The money you'll save on not having to commute will get you these things in no time. If the company doesn't provide a laptop, they are not worth your time.
As for kids, all my dad co-workers like how they are actually able to be in their kid's lives now. The key is to set boundaries. Something like "Daddy is working in this room right now and needs quiet." If your kids are home, you can share a meal with them for lunch. If school is close, you can take 30 mins to pick them up and make up the time in the evening. So long as you get your shit done and attend your meetings, your boss shouldn't care how many breaks you take during the day.
If you're living in a car, I get it then. wfh in a car would be hell. Most companies are willing to chip in on things like wifi access since its much cheaper than paying for an office, but I doubt they'd cover mobile wifi. Same for the gas required to keep your laptop charging. I know shared office spaces were a thing pre-pandemic. If you can find one, it's not a stretch to ask for your company to pay for a membership there. There's also the possibility of working out of a cafe, most places I've been to are fine with me setting up shop so long as I actually order something. Not ideal, but not impossible.
It's disappointing watching the Musk stans, corporate ghouls, boomercons, and assorted lower IQ people amongst the right traffic in anti-WFH sentiment.
WFH is superior for all desk jobs, and if you think otherwise, its because you suck at measuring velocity.
That's a bit absolute. Not all desk jobs are the same.
Yes, being able to separate your home and personal lives is awful. Having your staff being able to communicate and work in a structured environment to facilitate production is just useless. People work better when they have no incentive or punishment to keep them in line.
Set expectations on when you'll return communications, get your shit done, and attend your meetings. Do this, and none of what you posted is an issue. A company that tracks how much time you sit at your laptop is not doing it right.
Privilege! Some people work desk jobs living out from their cars! To them, it would be far superior to have a real chair, computer, et cetera.
In less fringe cases, people who share multiple tenants per small apartment room.
WFH is superior for desk jobs where the person lives in a rural or suburban sprawl and already is of lower-upper-class or better. If you allow for good child management, then upper-middle-class or better, because unless you discipline that child good, they ARE going to distract from work.
Oh, and I guess WFH is superior for lowering the overall population of retired people, since if you get stressed at work, you are now unable to leave it at work. Expectations of on call 24/7, since you're always in your office.
If your company doesn't specify work hours, they are a shit company and you should look for a way out. Your office is also your laptop. When you shut it at the end of the day, that's the equivalent of leaving the office.
Also, idk exactly where you're located, but most double-bed studios in blue shitholes are way more expensive than renting a house with friends in the suburbs. All you need is a desk, a power outlet, and wifi. The money you'll save on not having to commute will get you these things in no time. If the company doesn't provide a laptop, they are not worth your time.
As for kids, all my dad co-workers like how they are actually able to be in their kid's lives now. The key is to set boundaries. Something like "Daddy is working in this room right now and needs quiet." If your kids are home, you can share a meal with them for lunch. If school is close, you can take 30 mins to pick them up and make up the time in the evening. So long as you get your shit done and attend your meetings, your boss shouldn't care how many breaks you take during the day.
If you're living in a car, I get it then. wfh in a car would be hell. Most companies are willing to chip in on things like wifi access since its much cheaper than paying for an office, but I doubt they'd cover mobile wifi. Same for the gas required to keep your laptop charging. I know shared office spaces were a thing pre-pandemic. If you can find one, it's not a stretch to ask for your company to pay for a membership there. There's also the possibility of working out of a cafe, most places I've been to are fine with me setting up shop so long as I actually order something. Not ideal, but not impossible.
WFH also lessens the power of HR and corporate ghouls.
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It's disappointing watching the Musk stans, corporate ghouls, boomercons, and assorted lower IQ people amongst the right traffic in anti-WFH sentiment.