Who is back in the office? (Boston: parking, transit, park)

[yesmaybe]

Originally Posted by simplexsimon

Interesting, what industry/roles? I'm in financial services and these youngin's are training to be in client facing roles.

Just online.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by simplexsimon

Most of the younger folks at my company prefer to work in office because it's a better environment than their apartment. More space, more natural light, city views, more social interactions in office and at bars and restaurants after work.

Putting that sentiment into slightly better words .... It does not indicate the office is a good environment. Rather it is just less bad than working for 40 hours out of a cramped, ****ty apartment.

[Boston_Burbs]

I like working from home. It is the only way a salaried employee can flip the script and finally get compensated for the work they produce and not the time spent in the office. As a younger staff I learned very quickly to not ask for more work if I was finishing it quicker than others in engineering consulting because if they didn't have any, you would become unbillable and get laid off.

So I spent time going to the office to get 3 hours of work done. Now if you work remote you can still get your work done but be home and be able to do other things.

[simplexsimon]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

Putting that sentiment into slightly better words .... It does not indicate the office is a good environment. Rather it is just less bad than working for 40 hours out of a cramped, ****ty apartment.

Sure, why does anybody work at all?

[newenglandgal123]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

I went from 5 days in the office, complete with assigned seating, police-like interrogations when asking for instances of flexibility and micromanagement in 2019 to full WFH in 2020 and beyond. I agree that going from full WFH to hybrid would be a significant adjustment but I still recognize hybrid as a major step in the right direction. I am fairly confident WFH acceptance will grow with time.

Micromanagers are the worst. Your time is worth way more than the time they spend accomplishing nothing but trying to be a 'boss.' Best bet is to always find a new job or transfer to a different role with another manager if you're being micromanaged.

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

Putting that sentiment into slightly better words .... It does not indicate the office is a good environment. Rather it is just less bad than working for 40 hours out of a cramped, ****ty apartment.

Originally Posted by simplexsimon

Sure, why does anybody work at all?

That is quite a leap from what I wrote. LOL. I was talking about where work is performed, not if work is performed. Look at it this way, comparing WFH to mandatory office is like comparing attendance at high school to attendance at college. High school is highly regimented like being in-office. College is more like WFH with more built in flexibility. I enjoyed the college work life balance far more than high school.

[msRB311]

There's a lot of work people get done from home.

[yesmaybe]

Healey is forcing MBTA middle management back to the office. Not sure what's going to happen to the people who don't live in the Boston area.

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by yesmaybe

Healey is forcing MBTA middle management back to the office. Not sure what's going to happen to the people who don't live in the Boston area.

I feel like T management should be heavily incentivized to take the T to work, eg free transit and absolutely no free parking.

[robr2]

Originally Posted by yesmaybe

Healey is forcing MBTA middle management back to the office. Not sure what's going to happen to the people who don't live in the Boston area.

Actually it's a number of upper managers and executives being told that they can't oversee the MBTA working in IL, CA, HI, NY, and DE.