• TheHalc@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It’d be the equivalent to spending an extra 2-3 hours a day working (because that’s what the total commute would be), plus money on vehicle upkeep

    Maybe this is one of the reasons I actually prefer going to the office. For me, it’s only 15 minutes by metro.

    No additional cost, very little wasted/lost time, and I actually enjoy being able to draw a line between work and life by putting them in different physical spaces.

    Perhaps it also helps that my managers encourage people to work from wherever they feel they’re the most productive. It’s nice to know that I have the option to work from home without having to explain myself.

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      1 year ago

      what WFH has really brought to light is how miserable car-dependency and suburban sprawl is.

      The problem isn’t going to work, the problem is that for most people going to work entails needing to drive a car for an hour, and it’s actually insane that people have just blithely accepted that until now.

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        Nah, being at work was driving me towards a nervous breakdown. Open office + management that liked to just drop in at my desk uninvited and without a heads up had me an absolute wreck.

        I did not handle the panopiticon well.

        You could place me next door to the office, and it would have been the same.

      • TheHalc@sopuli.xyz
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        1 year ago

        This is what I was thinking. I’m very lucky to live somewhere where I can live without a car - even here in Helsinki, that’s not always possible.