Don't need to put on makeup, don't need to put together outfits for the week, don't need to drive anywhere. I wake up thirty minutes before I clock in.

Love it!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Here's the weird thing.

I've been telecommuting for 23 years. I've never been able to just roll outta bed and put in a full day. If it's scheduled then I'm showered and dressed and ready to go; just in shorts and a tee vs khakis and a fucking polo.

The only indulgence is on a o5oo wakeup I'm not shaving lest I lose an eyebrow or an ear. Even in our basic training it was o520.

But yeah, no smelly sweatpants for me.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Same here. I get ready to work in the same way as I would step into my car to go to the office.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago

Makes perfect sense. I get dressed, shave, and head right into the office and then head straight back home every day I'm working from home. It's about good habits, you know?

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Little do they know that worker happiness is considered the enemy of productivity.* Plus, it's harder to micromanage them when they're at home.

*By employers, not the workers, obviously.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't get this.

When I was unhappy at my last job I was way less productive.

Now I'm enjoying my new job and spend my time solving real technical problems and building real projects.

I was considering taking a pay cut just to leave my last job it had gotten so toxic. You can pay employees less if they're otherwise satisfied.

[–] TomMasz@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago

It doesn't make sense, but here we are. We are all individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses, yet workers are considered fungible. If you are dissatisfied and quit, you'll just be replaced by someone else.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Well, it makes most of us happier. There was a minority of people who were very unhappy about remote working and who were eager for everyone to be forced back into the office. Not me, but there were some people.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 19 points 14 hours ago

It was managers, especially middle-managers. And if they are not happy, no one can be happy. Too bad middle-managers are always unhappy.

[–] zeldakong64@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

I must say I am happiest with hybrid. As someone living alone I start to chew the furniture with my work happening in the same space as my leisure. I do love the flexibility, the fact that I can literally just make lunch and eat it rather than dealing with a wet lunchbox sandwich. But I do like to see other people, and an entirely remote lifestyle makes me go a little crazy

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 12 points 14 hours ago

[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago

For 4 years we studied water and came to the conclusion that water is made of water. And it is liquid. And wet. But we aren't sure about wetness because of some intricate terminology nuances.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I thought we were social beings... With that said, ofc I would be happier with remote work only.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

Spending hours to commute to be around people you don't choose isn't necessarily a particularly social experience

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 11 hours ago

We are social, and being close to other people you know while being told to shut up and work is a bit grating. Bonus points if they also say it's because we're family and building community.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

yah, because I'm not working lol

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 hours ago

I work longer hours at home pretty often. At 5 I leave office to make sure my 1.25-1.5 hour drive gets me home at a decent time, and to make sure I miss the worst traffic which I feel happens between 5:30 and 6.

At home I can just keep working, load up a game on my other monitor but keep working open too,and switch between doing some minor game stuff and back to work. I have a game up now at 7 and wrapped up my notes quite comfortably.

I'm also more alert at home because I sleep in more, getting about an hour more sleep.

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