There are a lot of news articles about “back to the office”, but they recirculate the same bad ideas. Let’s provide some new ideas for the media to circulate. It may also have the effect of making the office less terrible.
I would like my work computer to do Windows updates lightning quick in the office. It currently takes weeks, in or out of the office. Stopping in for a day makes no difference, so there is no point. Now, if there was a point, I would go in.
What would get you in the office?
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Paid commute and a separate room.
Communting and wearing shoes everyday sounds meh.
I want my own desk with the same hardware I have at home. Booking a flex desk in advance, bringing all my stuff except the monitor, setting it up, adjusting the chair and getting a new problem with every new desk is a bad start for the day. Also having the same people around me, helps me to feel “home”. But sinc I’m nonstop in MS Team meetings, there is no way for me.to interact with anyone in the office. So maybe reduce the number of meetings, they are useless anyway.
And I hate the coffee in the office, it gives me headaches.
- 50% raise
- Private 12x15 office
- Free pot gummies (for Fridays, of course;)
- Free transportation to/from office
- Every day is Bring Your Dogs To Work Day
Commute is part of working hours (with a reasonable limit)
An office I can walk to. I might even prefer that to a home office, because I find it hard to get away from work when it is always looking at me at home, even in my spare time.
An office where I have a say in how it is furnished and how it looks, together with my colleagues of course. Natural light, being able to sit or stand at my desk. “Please do not disturb” signs that people respect when I want to concentrate on my work. A place that is built to reduce noise, and that allows me to have it as cold or warm, light or dark, as I need it to be that day.
A place where I can eat and drink when I need to, and a place where I can lie down for a moment when it helps me recover from a difficult task.
Basically, make my workplace a place to live, because work is life, not a separate thing, and you go home to start living.
Oh, I immediately went back. I don’t do well at home, I need to be at the office. Otherwise I’ll just nap all day. Also, I like seeing people, I need that daily socialization with co workers in person.
As long as you’re not trying to force others into the office to entertain you, enjoy the other in-the-office folk :)
Your inability to focus at home and need for forced socialization should not be imposed on anyone else
? Didn’t say it should be forced on anyone. Just that I went in as soon as I could.
Reads a bit like projection on the responder’s part, don’t worry.
