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Mad_Machine76

(24,355 posts)
15. I have to start back in the office 50% of the time starting next week
Sun Jun 13, 2021, 10:49 AM
Jun 2021

and back in the office full time after Independence Day and I'm already dreading it, not so much being back in the office but it just feels like a waste of time to drive 30-40 minutes one way through increasingly congested traffic (there is a local interstate that will be out of commission for EIGHTEEN MONTHS yay infrastructure!) for a job where I'm not really even there all day most days as I work for Child Services and split most of my time between paperwork in the office, going to client homes, and going to court. We have been working remotely for over a year now and been managing things pretty well, with court being held remotely and being able to manage paperwork and other duties fine remotely. I neither feel particularly motivated to return to the home, nor do I think that the job has ever really needed to have our butts sitting in an office most of the time when we're not doing other stuff. Yet, for now I suppose our Republican Governor (Holcomb-Indiana) wants to make sure that everything appears "normal" which is probably just as well for him as our Republican Supermajority Overlords stripped him of emergency health measures (heaven forfend we have to deal with a worst public health emergency in the future).

Anyway, I digress..........

Definitely don't "Toobin" it. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #1
Ouch! Larissa Jun 2021 #10
Outside of some hospitals and pharmacies... Hugin Jun 2021 #2
Not Universally True ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #21
I bet they're not having too much trouble getting the workers back... Hugin Jun 2021 #25
Correct ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #26
My wife is a scientist Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #3
I doubt they need to be back 5 days a week. Renew Deal Jun 2021 #5
That's quite the assumption. TwilightZone Jun 2021 #6
Why are we assuming the employer is right? Renew Deal Jun 2021 #18
They might have been on the Paycheck Protection Program Klaralven Jun 2021 #7
She's not asking them to go in five days a week Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #9
Why are we assuming the employer is right? Renew Deal Jun 2021 #17
The employer is paying these employees to go in the lab Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #23
It's not really right/wrong, it's I pay you and I want you to work in this location. nt EX500rider Jun 2021 #24
On the flip side, I am also a scientist DenaliDemocrat Jun 2021 #20
Both Sides Here ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #27
Most employers Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #14
Your wife and any other working person in this thread should check out this article. Renew Deal Jun 2021 #19
My peeps and I are more productive.... paleotn Jun 2021 #4
So true for me DownriverDem Jun 2021 #8
Here in the US we have 91 million people working from home. PatrickforB Jun 2021 #11
Taxation is a mess Klaralven Jun 2021 #12
Our company just had its best year ever. Iggo Jun 2021 #13
I have to start back in the office 50% of the time starting next week Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #15
It's the commute. You're right. Complete waste of time. Iggo Jun 2021 #22
I've worked from home for 17 years! Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #16
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