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    Agree with shinners. Plus when you get a fitty working in your office, it really boosts morale.

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    Returning to the commute will be a bitch. Jim doesn't know how lucky he is. Thankfully I'll be half in the office half at home.

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    Yeah, it really, really does.

    Also, the hot chocolate from that machine is really fucking nice and I don't care who knows it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    No way is this the death of the office. Office working is needed (admittedly not all sectors). For instance, how are you to mentor graduates and newbies when not in the same office as them?

    Also, quality control of work output and staff workload is a lot harder to monitor with WFH.

    I admit the public sector will do WFH, but they are a different animal compared to a private company chasing the £££.
    We had two grads start towards the end of last year and they're doing grand.

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    We've also had some new starters and they've been fine. We've all spent some time with the one joining our team and we have a Teams grpup and WhatsApp group that we use to stay in touch through. Plus, I regularly call my work mates under flimsy pretext to have a chat and they do too.

    WFH won't completely take over, there will always be the need for people to meet up, but it has alot to offer. The future is "flexible".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    We had two grads start towards the end of last year and they're doing grand.
    SWE jobs can easily be work from home but that ain’t apply to other industries fam

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    Just to clarify, the point at issue here is not that we're suggesting KFC workers will be WFH and sending our bucket meals through Zoom.

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    Western Australia has opened its borders to all of Australia for the 1st time in almost a year.

    Im sure it has nothing to do with Labors landslide victory in the WA election over the weekend.

    Social media is telling me that plenty of you know who types want to keep the state borders closed until zero covid.
    Last edited by Queenslander; 15-03-2021 at 02:31 AM.

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    We had a new starter just when they told people to get back home in October, and it's been challenging. I'm looking forward to returning back to the office.

    I'm going to allow 2 days from home per week, as the past year has proven that we can still largely get the job done when working remotely.

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    Or the Gabba you dense carnts.


    Bid to transform Lang Park and Brisbane Entertainment and Convention Centres into mass COVID-19 vaccination hubs

    https://www.abc.net.au/radio/brisban...-park/13248312

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    The most difficult thing with returning to the office will be when everyone is able to do so - now it's "all out" it's easy but as soon as you start getting 70/30 splits in a team at all different times/days then it'll be a nightmare.

    Obviously it just needs some common sense factored in, but...

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    We had been doing split days in the office so two of us would come in AM and then three would come in PM since January. It's been a colossal ball-ache, cases are quite low again here now though so we are all back in the office today with the benefit of lateral flow tests as well.

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    I think they idea that WFH will be more prominent post-Covid is a bit off. If like here, things will return to normality very quickly - WFH will become a thing of the past, never to be mentioned again.

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    Antigua VARIANT ����

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    I think they idea that WFH will be more prominent post-Covid is a bit off. If like here, things will return to normality very quickly - WFH will become a thing of the past, never to be mentioned again.
    Not a chance.

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    Our lot will stay remote unless there's a reason to push us back into the office. Mainly if we get phone work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    I think they idea that WFH will be more prominent post-Covid is a bit off. If like here, things will return to normality very quickly - WFH will become a thing of the past, never to be mentioned again.
    My work is literally closing offices down to allow for it.

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    We'll be 'remote first' supposedly, so presumably largely back in the office on odd days when a customer or some wanker of a board member is visiting and they're not capable of understanding that we exist if they can't see us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    I think they idea that WFH will be more prominent post-Covid is a bit off. If like here, things will return to normality very quickly - WFH will become a thing of the past, never to be mentioned again.
    I agree with this. I think the discipline, or lets say the necessity of having to have virtual meetings will subside and the inefficiencies of travelling to meeting rooms will be forgotten. Tbh, I like the split and want to have the ability to chose between the office and home. Majority of the people I directly work with are based in other countries so this has actually improved the experience.

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    I know for a fact that at least 2 or 3 of my guys will still come in nearly every day, because they're so fed up working at home, and have been for about 9 months.

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    The one thing that could be done better (and doesn't happen at my place) is the flexibility to have the odd day at home here and there, let's say if a man's coming to fix the washing machine or whatever. Employers shouldn't be making you burn annual leave to deal with that, if they want happy employees.

    Take this morning though, one of my wetwipes Teamses me to say 'Could you please get these documents together for me, I can't do it from home' i.e. can you please do some of my fucking work for me because I haven't got my shit together and prepared properly for my week working from home. That will always happen to some degree if you're having people in and out and all over the place. If you're in the office, you can firefight most things pretty easily.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    My work is literally closing offices down to allow for it.
    And they'll be buying them again when productivity plummets.

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    Productivity is not linked with "being in the office" you Neanderthal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    And they'll be buying them again when productivity plummets.
    We're all responsible for our own workload. There's nowhere to hide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SvN View Post
    I know for a fact that at least 2 or 3 of my guys will still come in nearly every day, because they're so fed up working at home, and have been for about 9 months.
    Unless it’s because of domestic abuse or childcare reasons, sack them for being absolute mugs.
    I'm a twit

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    Second.

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    I imagine reduced hours will be the next likely advancement we'll see. The beauty of these marks of progress are that when one area, be it software engineers or public sector wankers commit to it, the rest are largely obliged to follow

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    I imagine reduced hours will be the next likely advancement we'll see. The beauty of these marks of progress are that when one area, be it software engineers or public sector wankers commit to it, the rest are largely obliged to follow
    Oh IT'S ON - https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...y-working-week

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Productivity is not linked with "being in the office" you Neanderthal.
    Disagree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Productivity is not linked with "being in the office" you Neanderthal.
    For service teams and customer support/success teams, being together is imperative. Of course, you'd know nothing about that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    We're all responsible for our own workload. There's nowhere to hide.
    Suggest you do some further reading. Group work is essential.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Suggest you do some further reading. Group work is essential.
    I reckon I know more about my job than you do to be fair.

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    'Spain trials 4 day working week' a doubling from the 2 days they currently manage, if my customers are anything to go by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    I reckon I know more about my job than you do to be fair.
    Nothing to do with your job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dquincy View Post
    Disagree.
    Says more about you/your company than anything else.

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    Or about his line of work? Ironic the man who works in an industry founded on individualism and fucking people over is questioning quince.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Nothing to do with your job.
    How my work has performed during WFH and the decision to make it permanent is nothing to do with my job.

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    The only thing I've found wanting about remote working is when you need to train. You have to be really good at explaining shit when you can't see what they can. Screen sharing apps can avoid that headache, mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Or about his line of work? Ironic the man who works in an industry founded on individualism and fucking people over is questioning quince.
    Well yeah that's what I said, it says more about him/his company

    Obviously, not everything can be done remotely and there are advantages of in-face interaction v remote but if you already work with a disparate, international workforce, this is just an extension. I'm sorry I can't work in the team-focused engineering gig like you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    How my work has performed during WFH and the decision to make it permanent is nothing to do with my job.
    Do you feel part of a team? Similar to Shinners, doing headless chicken processing work requiring nothing over and above that is fine from home. Because it's just as shite in an office.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Well yeah that's what I said, it says more about him/his company

    Obviously, not everything can be done remotely and there are advantages of in-face interaction v remote but if you already work with a disparate, international workforce, this is just an extension. I'm sorry I can't work in the team-focused engineering gig like you.
    You said it in a negative, sneering way. I don't work in a team, or engineering.

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    They're just words on a screen, the interpretation is all yours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Do you feel part of a team? Similar to Shinners, doing headless chicken processing work requiring nothing over and above that is fine from home. Because it's just as shite in an office.
    My work just isn't team oriented. I manage a patch and aside from referring the odd thing to my manager nobody else factors into it.

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    But lockdowns don't work etc.

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    Is anyone still denying the effect of lockdown? Team Sauna are just saying everyone under that hump and above the grey line is very likely to be a good-for-nothing waste of space.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    "Ińigo Errejón" looks like a high school class president

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    I'm sure some Brighton mob (Advertising? Insurance?) have been doing 4 days weeks for donkeys years.

    Ah yes, [recruitment] consultants, of course.

    Seems it was a trial/gimmick.

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    Lockdowns don't work, vaccines do.

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    I mean, they obviously do work, but as Jim so aptly put it, they're not a sustainable public health policy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic View Post
    Lockdowns don't work, vaccines do.
    Lol

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