Current Events > Today is the end of remote work for my organization.

(+) Yeah! (+)

This is going to be fun...

...But why today? Because it's the 1st? Would have made much more sense to end it next Monday.

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You'd figure that businesses would realize that you save money on rent, office supplies, any potential amenities, etc. if your employees all work from home

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Turbam posted...

You'd figure that businesses would realize that you save money on rent, office supplies, any potential amenities, etc. if your employees all work from home

I love it Reddit warriors know the Ins and Outs of running a business.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I love it Reddit warriors know the Ins and Outs of running a business.

lmao

as if you, someone who denies the factual data regarding a certain World War II atrocity, understands anything here

protip: he/she is right

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Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

lmao

as if you, someone who denies the factual data regarding a certain World War II atrocity, understands anything here

protip: he/she is right

when you cant make a decent argument, resort to trolling/flaming

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My job made it permanent with the option of going into the office whenever we want

its great

the CEO said overall productivity is up and costs are down and he likes not driving in to the office lol

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Turbam posted...

You'd figure that businesses would realize that you save money on rent, office supplies, any potential amenities, etc. if your employees all work from home

Probably a sunk cost fallacy to it because they are already paying for those things they just aren't being used currently

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

when you cant make a decent argument, resort to trolling/flaming

So what exactly were you doing with your post there? You believe name calling without actually backing up anything you said is a decent argument?

Hmm.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I love it Reddit warriors know the Ins and Outs of running a business.

Your tag I wrote for you is coming in clutch here, I almost responded seriously

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It should be the end of your work for them, then

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Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

So what exactly were you doing with your post there? You believe name calling without actually backing up anything you said is a decent argument?

Hmm.

im not the one automatically assuming whats better for a companys financials based off my personal preference of not wanting to work

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littlebro07 posted...

My job made it permanent with the option of going into the office whenever we want

its great

the CEO said overall productivity is up and costs are down and he likes not driving in to the office lol

Where do you work because I need a job there.

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JBaLLEN66 posted...

im not the one automatically assuming whats better for a companys financials based off my personal preference of not wanting to work

Youre right. Youre the one instantly resorting to name calling because you cant make a decent argument.

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littlebro07 posted...

My job made it permanent with the option of going into the office whenever we want

its great

the CEO said overall productivity is up and costs are down and he likes not driving in to the office lol

Same. They'd bring it up from time to time that they are still discussing what to do in the future but then eventually made it permanent and even opened up some of the job positions nationally as fully remote.
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Truth is, these bigass companies hate seeing their 69th floor multi-million dollar skyscraper office space with a 20 year lease go unused so they're forcing everyone back instead of acknowledging how stupid it is to waste so much on overhead.

Nobody denies that an office is a necessity for certain departments, but by no means is it a requirement for everyone. Smart companies have been using this opportunity to scale back unnecessary space.

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I guess every place is different. if I had a job where I wasn't working with just physical files perhaps I would continue to work from home.

but I got sick of taking multiple archive boxes full of files home every day.

plus it was never really "work from home", so to speak. you still had to go into the office daily to pick up your mail and work assignments (the boxes).

so I say thank god I'm back on the office.

CommonGrackle posted...

I guess every place is different. if I had a job where I wasn't working with just physical files perhaps I would continue to work from home.

but I got sick of taking multiple archive boxes full of files home every day.

plus it was never really "work from home", so to speak. you still had to go into the office daily to pick up your mail and work assignments (the boxes).

so I say thank god I'm back on the office.

Surprised you couldn't have set up a little space for yourself to just work at the office since it was probably mostly empty

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It's mainly mid-level managers and old people that feel you need to have "work-place camaraderie" and that real work requires a real office that are pushing for a return to the old ways.

The smart managers have actually used this as an opportunity to see if an office is necessary or not, and the advantages of work-from-home, and that's why they're the ones doing hybrid or straight-up permanent work-from-home.

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"we are a big family"

DEKMStephens posted...

Probably a sunk cost fallacy to it because they are already paying for those things they just aren't being used currently

This, mostly

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Smart companies have been using this opportunity to scale back unnecessary space.

Sublet to some-odd startup. Problem solved.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Sublet to some-odd startup. Problem solved.

even better

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Remember folks, if your job can be done 100% from home your job can be outsourced.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Remember folks, if your job can be done 100% from home your job can be outsourced.

Don't say the quiet part out loud guy!

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voldothegr8 posted...

Remember folks, if your job can be done 100% from home your job can be outsourced.

You seem to think that's the criteria.

Questionmarktarius posted...

You seem to think that's the criteria.

It is an important piece of the criteria often times yes. One that too many people seem to ignore.
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My job gave us the option to do whatever we want in this regard. We have a mask mandate in the office, though, so I'm just gonna stay home. I'll still need to go into the office sometimes and will have no problems wearing a mask, though.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Remember folks, if your job can be done 100% from home your job can be outsourced.

This may sound racist and I'm going to try my best, but B2B/enterprise sales isn't a job that people will outsource to a country with thick accents and/or broken english. Try executing a seven figure deal with a six month sales cycle from call to close in full fluent english, that's hard enough without a language barrier. Or cold calling a prospect whose first impression of the sales guy will be a hard to understand sales pitch.

People already insta-block numbers they don't recognize, it'd be pretty foolish to think adding a hard-to-understand sales rep to that formula will yield results.

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