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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 19:44:54 JST nixCraft 🐧

   I've got some news about office environments. The absolute worst part for me was dealing with the rampant gossip and laziness. People would chat all day, accomplish next to nothing, and then pretend they were some kind of heroes for staying late. People walk around, take lunch or bathroom breaks, attend meetings, etc. Office or Home people will walk around. Stop writing stupid stories to promote back-to-office culture and risk everyone’s health.

   • Der Techniker 💎 (dertechniker@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 19:54:10 JST Der Techniker 💎

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     @nixCraft yes, and doing other things is ok, as long as they are responsible for the results. Not hard but smart work! and have fun!

   • Serpent7776 (serpent7776@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 20:04:51 JST Serpent7776

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     @nixCraft Office work be like:
     - let's grab another tea/coffee
     (0.5 hour passes)
     - OK, I guess we should do some working
     (until the next tea/coffee break that is)

     This is what people in the office are doing all day.

   • Debra Shannon (debrashannon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 20:23:14 JST Debra Shannon

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     @nixCraft i always worked 1/2 day. I could tell you I could get as much done as all the others I worked with because I didn't socialize.

   • 3dcandy (3dcandy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 21:37:53 JST 3dcandy

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     @nixCraft only problem is that rampant gossiping and laziness still exist whilst working from home.... I know of literally hundreds of examples and it is so harder to control when not in an office environment. Not saying you haven't got a point but it happens both ways

   • Nick (stereopixels@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:38:53 JST Nick

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     @nixCraft I found that employees who didn't appear to be working at home were the same employees who weren't doing their work at the office; in fact in some cases they'd be more distracted at work, and worse, would often distract other employees.

   • Darwin Woodka (darwinwoodka@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 00:51:15 JST Darwin Woodka

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     @nixCraft a friend's company is now interfering with her ability to buy a home by refusing to sign a letter that she works remotely. Companies are insane.

   • SoGeneris for Harris/Walz (sogeneris@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 01:17:22 JST SoGeneris for Harris/Walz

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     @nixCraft I know for a fact I got more done working remotely, without the pointless meetings and the endless socializing. This obsession with people working “constantly” is such a symptom of the problem.

   • Aho (aho@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 01:18:26 JST Aho

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     @nixCraft at least my employer decided to close all offices except the HQ, so that they have somewhere to meet customers and potential customers, I just think it was stupid to keep the current office, it's "big" and meant for a couple of hundred workers, now it's like 10 workers who are there and if you have visitors they may think it's going badly for the company to see so much empty space.

     Sure there are times I do other things, but still I may be trying to figure out a better solution...

   • expiredtoken (expiredtoken@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 02:27:25 JST expiredtoken

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     @nixCraft Remote work tools such as chatrooms and videoconferencing also enables gossip & laziness. It's more a matter of what's the company culture. Remote or Office is a small detail. I prefer working at the office, but all others in my team are remote.

   • AlexaWilliams (alexawilliams@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 03:47:37 JST AlexaWilliams

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   • 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦 (methylcobalamin@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 04:30:46 JST 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦

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     @nixCraft

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   • erica_sea55 (erica_sea55@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 05:26:54 JST erica_sea55

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     @nixCraft I’m way more productive working from home & do with home/garden maintenance for breaks. If go physically to campus (other than teaching time), it’s 1hr return trip, then chat to friends, go for coffee, have a swim, whinge about HR & computer illiterate students, attend pointless online meetings. I go by choice 2-3 days a week, but only because job is completely flexible and I can leave or wander around as I please. Took 4 decades of shitty jobs & multiple degrees to get this though

   • Andreas K (yacc143@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 18:25:24 JST Andreas K

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     @nixCraft It's actually the other way round.

     In the office, on-site, you validated that you are working by our presence.

     So you can literally spend as much time as you want doing non-work stuff, gossip, …

     Extra points if you manage to take naps.

     Now in a remote working situation, obviously, that status if you are working is evaluated by your work output. So yeah, you can still do other things, but you have to self-police, so at the end of the day, you can show plausible output.

   • 1 Fuckering Light (monsoonrains@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Sep-2024 20:23:21 JST 1 Fuckering Light

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     @nixCraft Last time I was in the office for a visit the facility management took 4 hours to set up a desk.