there is not a chance in hell one is more productive in 8 hours at home then they would be at work.

if you have the opportunity to work at the office and chose not to, it's laziness.

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@audioidkid

Eh I guess it depends who you are. I work longer hours and am more productive at home.

No commute so no leaving the office early to beat traffic. No hour lunches etc. I do miss the socialization aspect of an office but don't act like people in the office are constantly working and not fucking off just because they are in a cubicle.

That's possible. It depends a lot on the person and the demands of your job.

That's just wrong. If you can't work from home and get your job done then that's one thing but plenty of others find a way to do it.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

you guys are all babies. I've been back in the office 5-6 days per week since end of March.

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If utility workers decided to "work when they wanted," she would be the first person bitching that they are essential and they need to report every day.

"Writing" and podcasts are something that can easily be done from home.

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you were one of the biggest covid babies around here. You were scared to death.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

That's the flip side. Because we're all on Teams, if you're online at home, even if you select "away" or "DND" it's irrelevant to other co-workers and they still message you expecting you to answer their needs. So you never break away and find yourself working all night.

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Certified Dirty Old Man

Wow, two whole days ago.

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you keep saying this, but we both know its a load of BS.

I was a covid baby because I wore a mask starting in May when it became a State mandate? Because I stayed home for the two weeks we were told to stay home in March?

Seriously, WTF are you talking about?

Been living my life since late March with the only difference being that I wear the mask in public like 99% of the other people.

I also played hockey 3x a week with no mask surrounded by guys with no masks from June till I hurt my back in November. Would a scared Covid baby do that?

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touche SpiralSemantics

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It's a wash for me. Same either or. I like working remotely and I like being in the office. I go with whatever the company says I have to do. In an ideal world, yes remote 1-2 days a week would be fantastic.....the removal of commuting is huge. I wouldn't lose any sleep over not being able to work remotely, but it's been proven over the last year the model works quite effectively. I can say with 100% honesty and objectivity, my wife works MORE being at home. There's less distractions. Me....I can get distracted either way

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Looks like the book is sinking fast on the sales list.

No way she makes back the advance.

from Amazon

Best Sellers Rank: #98,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#28 in Sociology of Sports (Books)
#41 in Sports Journalism
#505 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences

She said theee days when she should have said four.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Julie is really showing her privilege here.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Well its like Frank said, ( much like the SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN people) as long as the people who keep her lights on and the food train running to her house have to go in 5 days a week ,why should she ??

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

It wouldnt be a day that ends in y if Julie didnt get sports info wrong.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

AAnnnd we have a white knight fail.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Lol

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Totally gaslit!

I hope Julie is good with lowered pay for the privilege of having two offices to use whenever she feels like it.

It’s not like it’s free for a company to provide WFH connectivity. There’s much more security needed, bandwidth, configuration, and way more IT support.

If a company can shut your office down, maybe. But if you need a place to sit and read Twitter when your dog is getting annoying, you ain’t getting paid like a 5 day in the office-type.

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You know me like that.

Aren't I paying for my bandwidth?

My work laptop was expensive, I looked it up, but that's not on my conscience that they spent that much to issue me what's effectively a typewriter with wi-fi.

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Mostly progressive people: Professional sporting events rarely, if ever, pay their own freight in local taxes, and certainly don't cover the cost to state and local authorities in the lost opportunity to do something more worthwhile with the land these events occupy, they ALWAYS bring a loss to taxpayers.

Mostly those same people: MOVE THIS PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENT OUT OF THE STATE TO TEACH THE LEGISLATURE A LESSON!!!

And it WORKS.

sorry...I don't think working in your jammies, Zubaz's, or Adidas warmups is as productive as going to the office.

now, i do consider access to files, internet, your server, etc...

but, still. go back to fucking work.

or just stay in your bubble forever. whatever.

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@audioidkid

That's seems logically consistent.

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I've seen both sides of it. I think I'd be less productive in an office setting. I was a shitty student and I'd be a shitty office worker. I get my work done remotely and no one gets on me. But I'm very much an introvert. I think this has been hell on extroverts. If you have to lead a team and you can't be there to run herd on the people who need it most, that's tough to be on the hook for. Sales from home has to suck.

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The bandwidth isn't as costly as the back-end security software and support.

But, if you are connecting via company VPN and accessing multiple facilities, the traffic and encryption can tax network resources if you don't have the scale to meet the number of remote users.

I can't speak to whoever would be crazy enough to give you access to a laptop in the first place.

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You know me like that.

I don't know how everyone else's WFH operates but my company just has me expense it to them, which is great as it's the Internet I've always had. I even get the unlimited gigabit fiber package with free HBO Max from AT&T so my work essentially pays for my HBO.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Do you get gigabit upload or is it like the Xfinity BS where they promise you "gigabit [download] speeds" but your upload is capped at like 25 mbps?

So this sports "journalist" doesn't know that the Masters has nothing to do with the PGA? I know not everyone follows golf closely, but the Masters is one of the biggest sporting events of the year. It's not like it's the Wells Fargo or something. She is horrible at her "job".

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