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fragment137 t1_jdf3dan wrote

Reply to comment by captnmr in Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy by OutlandishnessOk2452

I don't care if they're Apple. If I was working for a company that mandated back to office, I'd be leaving. After working from home for three years straight, I see no value for me returning to the office.

Actually, I don't see any value for the company either, because my productivity will probably take a hit, and my flexibility to work outside my given hours would completely die.

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captnmr t1_jdf4a97 wrote

Yup, this is my point. Don't take attendance like college. Measure accomplishments.

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fragment137 t1_jdf4kx7 wrote

Exactly. My performance speaks for itself. What the hell do they care if I'm sat in my scivvies in my comfy gaming chair in my own home. Job gets done. I'm paid for the job, not for showing up. If it was the other way around, believe me I'd be there every day, showing up on time and getting exactly zero work done, lol.

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Neverlookedthisgood t1_jdg56r7 wrote

Completely agree. I remember the “going to the office” days. We’d talk about news in the morning, do some work, have a hour meeting where some work got done or was talked about. Then we’d all head off across town to some random lunch spot one of us picked. It definitely wasn’t a close spot, and always took over an hour. At 4 we were all ready to hit the door.

Fast forward, I wake up 15 minutes before work, work until lunch, play with my daughter for 30 minutes, then usually continue working until 5 or later.

Before wfh I was sitting in rush hour traffic for hours a day, not getting any work done during that, or any father-daughter lunch time. It was lose lose for everyone. It’s beyond me why companies are fighting to have people back, unless management just wants to feel important again checking on people at their desks.

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