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Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/antiwork@lemmy.ca
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Microsoft said that employees who spend three or four days in the office have higher Thriving Scores — a metric that measures employee well-being.

Personally, when my company started forcing everyone back to office three days per week, I quit. I hated it so much. Because it affects my entire life.

I dont want my coworkers and bosses to be part of my life. I didnt pick them, I dont like some of them, and there is a huge feeling of hierarchy all the time. It sucks.

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[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is a bad sign for Microsoft imo. A lot of the "return to office" stuff is about shedding employees without doing layoffs.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, that’s who they’re retaining.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is a bad sign for Microsoft IMO.

So, it is a good sign!

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

I guess if you are insulated from the american economy?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

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.