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That's good to be back in the office. For me it's only a week to start feeling bad. Loneliness, the same walls I live with family, no colleagues around to talk to. That's not for me. Sometimes I prefer to work from home, because I need to run some errands, from home I have better control. Everybody should have an option, or possibility to work from home some days in a week. But nothing replace morning coffee in the kitchen with colleagues!

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> Everybody should have an option

This is actually a major red flag if I'm an employee. There's no half way with remote work. Either everyone, including execs, works remote, or no one does. I've been in hybrid situations and it's complete hell. My suggestion is pick what works best for you, and then find a company that's committed all the way to either one.

For me, there's no amount of money that doesn't start with billion that could convince me to work in an office. I understand some other people are different, and they should find companies that support forced-commute co-located working.

> There's no half way with remote work.

I’m sorry you’ve only been in toxic environments, but you really think “we are in office t-th” is impossible?

Not impossible, but very unlikely → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30534756

I just really fail to comprehend why “5” is a perfectly feasible number of days in the office on a set schedule and “3” is a pipe dream.

No one thought it was weird to close offices sat/sun, why would that change (now that we all have remote set ups by force)?

This is why the Google hybrid week seems to strike a good balance. It sets 3 days a week to be in the office and that gets set by your Project Area (Maps, Youtube, etc.). This way, EVERYONE is in the office on say Tu-Th and so work doesn't grind to a halt/get disrupted the same way.

> But nothing replace morning coffee in the kitchen with colleagues!

Isn’t this what “friends” are for?

Not in the morning during work lol

Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in. You don't typically talk to friends about work as well.

> Morning coffee at work is where you actually solve problems without managers butting in.

I don't know what kind of job you do, but I find this the symptom of a highly inefficient work environment.

I look forward to your post April 4 rant on traffic.

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