This is a bad sign for Microsoft imo. A lot of the "return to office" stuff is about shedding employees without doing layoffs.
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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As long as it's the vibe coders and whoever was in any way involved in deciding, authorizing, or coding the conversion of the Start menu to React Native.
Unfortunately, that’s who they’re retaining.
This is a bad sign for Microsoft IMO.
So, it is a good sign!
I guess if you are insulated from the american economy?
I fear this is coming inevitably for my company.
And Microsoft’s Thriving Score is 100% bullshit, as any remote employee can attest. Remote work was basically the very best thing that ever happened in my professional life.
Yeah covid will be the best time we ever had (work wise), until there is a big reform in the future. At some point, humans will realize the waste of draining everybody to death like this.
Can I just say that, the economy tanking and human death and suffering aside, COVID was a goddamned dream come true for me! I secretly kinda wish we could go back. I selfishly really miss those days.
Ironically, I worked fewer hours, and my productivity skyrocketed.
My occasional days back in the office today absolutely annihilate my productivity. It’s absolutely insane the negative impact it has on actually getting anything of value done.
For me, I have given up. Since I cant think in office, I just produce shit code because im tired of trying to think in that environment. I just stopped trying.
At home, in my home lab, I put a lot of effort in to make it just work, with lots of thoughts about simplicity, unity, security and so on. But when I work on my home lab, I do it from a mental state of fun and no pressure or interruptions. Its a different world.
Anyone forcing return to office should be removed from power.
I've had a couple recruiters talk to me about full onsite jobs. I tell them no, because I value my time and health.
Labor should organize and remind the owners that they only live a peaceful life because we haven't flexed our power
Yeah its such a huge difference in life quality.
When I was forced to go into office three days per week, I felt like a prisoner. It was really affecting my life. I had no energy left after work and was generelly just so tired that i watched tv and went to bed.
That feeling of being completely drained is not fun. For what. Its not a good life.
Full time traffic, long hours, and the inability to walk your dog when Joe pisses you off will, I’m fairly certain, eventually lead to violent mental breakdowns as people are no longer conditioned to the ridiculous lack of work-life balance.
It’s just layoffs.