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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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Walking distance from the office. And doesn't mean I'll relocate to a 1 bedroom apartment just to be next to the office.

[–] alphacyberranger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Better pay, time for travel calculated in work hours, better company food, better work desk.

[–] Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Double my salary. Even then It'd be tough. Working from home has so many benefits. Plus my entire team is in a different state, so going into the office would be pointless.

[–] Pacers31Colts18@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Desperation. I'd have to be fired from my job and begging for work.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exceptionally flexible working hours (so I don’t have to go in or leave during rush hour) along with an exceptional increase in pay and a commitment that time in office would actually be used for productive time (any meetings can be done remotely and often are done with remote members anyway).

Actually, as I think about it, the only thing that would lure me back to the office would be an open door policy related to being there, where I’d see myself there maybe 5% of the time. shrug

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

I interviewed with a company with 6 hours of "core hours". Total nonstarter. Core hours, if they exist, should be as short as possible.

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nothing. Reduce my hours, pay me less, but for take wfh away or I'm done. Nothing can compete with wfh.

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

They would need to build an office within a ten minute walk from my home.

[–] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why does Windows Update take weeks for you? Even on 1990’s dial-up, the typical 2-3 GB of patches would only take 5 days to download.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I have no idea. It is funneled through something the IT department setup. I think they fucked it up.

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[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

A much better setup than my home one. A private office with sound dampening. Dual 4K+ monitors. A large wall mounted TV for casting training videos or collaborating. A coffee and desert cart.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Back to the office? In my country almost nobody left the office, even when the pandemic was at its peak lol.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Grueling 2 points 2 years ago

Never left. Doing NOC, and occasionally have to kick some iron, so my team has to stay in the office.

[–] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Already am back in the office 3 days a week. One is mandatory.

[–] GARlactic@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Wait you guys are allowed to work remote full time?

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Stripper pole

[–] bloodfoot@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

A healthy office culture and team members to collaborate with. I go to the office because interacting with my coworkers in person is enjoyable and I learn new things faster through those interactions. It helps that we also have free coffee and snacks and the commute is less than 10 minutes but I primarily go in because of the people I work with.

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