It might sound harsh but not our problem. It's up to them to move with the times. There was a time people were miners or sold fax machines. Should we keep buying them or working down them? No. People are still spending as much money as they always have, just that different industries are now benefiting. The money saved from travel and lunch is going towards saving for a better property, better car, better holiday etc.
I just got a job offer, salary okay (I probably get lesser now than before since I won’t be getting any bonus) but the fact that I don’t need to commute to work and work in an office just make me happy.
i do think some people made some quite rash decisions in lockdown… selling your only means of travelling to your place of employment seems like one IMO… like all the folk who bought puppies and now realise they can’t WFH full time.We are going back soon, they still apparently need to risk assess our office
Someone I work with sold their car during the pandemic to save money but now has no way of getting into the office but we have to go in 3 days a week once they have risk assessed our office. So now my colleague needs to buy or hire a car again. They have to come via motorway as they live too far out for buses and there's no train option...
That is a direct example of the 'this is how things are for me so it should be like this for everyone' attitude that is not helpful in the return to work debate or any other debate around Covid and the societal changes that will result from the pandemic. Just because you saved thousands doesn't mean that will have been possible for everyone and there's a lot more to moving home than just being able to afford to do it anyway.
Yes! My Mum says this to me all the time (I'm doing a mix at the moment). What she means is she personally doesn't have the discipline to work at home so she assumes everyone else doing so is just as lazy as her. I find a day out of the house an easy ride now - an enforced lunch time, end of day time, few chats here and there that waste time? Yes please. At home, I forget about/work through lunch, never 'leave' on time because I'll always think 'I'll just finish XYZ', nobody to talk to to pass/waste some time...I get masses done. If you can't, then by all means go to work, but other people's inability to manage their time at home is not my problem
Same. Have a better work life balance, saving money, not harming the environment as much, only have to talk to people I want to speak to or those I have to talk to for work purposes. No small talk with randos from the office. Lunchtime lie downs. Better food. No aircon. Don't have to buy special office clothes I never wear outside of work. Genuinely can't see many benefits of going back.
Say it louder! They couldn't care less about us, it's just about making sure that companies are renting overpriced buildings.Let me correct you a bit haha, the government only seems keen for people to return to offices to keep the property tycoons afloat.Office/ Commercial properties used to be a lucrative investment, until the pandemic.
Opposite in my house tbh, my children see me organising my world load, helping my colleagues when they call for advice, being professional in meetings.. they have also learnt how to use power point and excel (I delegated home learning to my retired teacher MIL so any learning they did with me was practical stuff within my skillset).The anti WFH propaganda the Daily Mail keep spewing out is really getting quite ridiculous now.
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Tycoon claims parents who work from home as bad as benefits cheats
A former Tory donor says the UK Government has made the 'biggest mistake since the war' by telling employees to work from home and failing to get them back to the office.www.dailymail.co.uk
