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ManBMitt t1_j5tg5of wrote

Reply to comment by ChuckBS in Babe, did you hear? It's the Wednesdaily by TheCheeseDevil

1 day a week makes a big difference! In my experience you start getting diminishing returns after that - 2 days a week is even better than 1, 3 days a week is maybe just a tiny bit better still, and 4-5 days per week are actually worse.

Then again, I actually like my job, office, and coworkers - so my experiences/preferences might be different from most others.

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ChuckBS t1_j5tgrwf wrote

Yeah, at work I have my own office and can hide and work when I need. Working at home 5 days a week just made me feel disconnected from everyone I work with and everything I did. BUT that is just me.

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ManBMitt t1_j5the73 wrote

My office is an “open office” type place which is the only reason I prefer 2 days/week there instead of 3 - but I do like being in the same place as my teammates on those two days!

I have also switched jobs a couple times in the last two years, and I can’t imagine trying to get up to speed while working fully remotely. I feel like I was able to get to a “full contributor” level at my current job within 2-3 months - probably would take me at least twice as long as that if I wasn’t able to have face-to-face conversations with my coworkers.

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ChuckBS t1_j5thp0t wrote

I had no choice at the old job, I started a February 2020, they went remote at the end of March. I was JUST figuring out my role there, and had to learn everything else over the three years alone. So being in office this go around is a great fit for me

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ManBMitt t1_j5tihrt wrote

Oof, that’s rough.

I have a friend who worked for a fast-growing tech startup throughout 2020 and 2021. They went permanently remote pretty early on, while also growing at a rapid pace. He was mentoring a handful of new hires (straight out of college), and it seemed like almost every one of them was having some sort of mental crisis due to the difficult onboarding and loneliness.

I think that’s the big thing people miss when talking about remote work. If you’ve been in your job for many years, it’s probably true that you can be just as effective while being 100% remote, because you know what to do and who you need to talk to. If you’re starting a new job but you’ve been in the workforce a while, it might take you a bit longer to get up to speed, but you’ll get there eventually.

But for those who are brand new in the workforce and don’t have that prior experience of building effective professional relationships, it’s really, really tough, and may end up having a long-term negative career impact as these new hires fail to thrive in their first real job.

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geneb0322 t1_j5txflk wrote

I've been fully remote since 2015 and will find a different job if they try to get me to come into the office ever again. I don't miss it in the slightest. Maybe if I had a private office I could tolerate it, but we had moved to an open office plan so we didn't even get "private" cubicles anymore. It was torture.

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drkev10 t1_j5v0aze wrote

Same I have zero interest in ever working in an office again. It would take a ridiculous pay raise to consider it.

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geneb0322 t1_j5w3twr wrote

Yep... I'd be willing to come into the office a couple times a week if they bumped my salary up by $50,000 or so, but lacking that I'd be quickly on the job search if they pushed it.

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