These articles are so low quality. Some ppl WFH better, some ppl prefer an office. This isn't ground breaking philosophy and the endless articles repeating the same basic idea is just boring now. /rant
Haha. I feel you. But on the other hand, it's an endless article cycle either way, right? It's just philosophizing about WFH instead of Google now.
I imagine it'll dry up in a year or so. Till then, it's probably important to let people express what's on their mind. If people hate WFH, addressing the concerns is the only way forward.
It's also a monumental shift for the workforce. Many of the problems people have WFH are because we've WFO for so long! Social culture has incredible momentum - so much so that it took a pandemic to get the ball rolling in the direction promised by home PCs decades ago.
A transition like this takes time. That consideration seems to be absent from arguments one way or the other, but I'm happy to hear them so we can smooth out the transition to _whatever_.
And it’s not just about the people’s preference. An office could be the google campus or it could be a crappy cubicle farm. Similarly, wfh could be a studio flat where your workspace is a table shared with a homeschooled toddler, or it could be a fully kitted out home office with a forest view. So comparing wfh to an office could be comparing completely different things depending on the individuals circumstances.
Really enjoyed the opportunity to wfh before the pandemic and am really excited about the office now. I guess I just like the change of the scenery.