Who's looking forward to going back into the Office?

Dec 8th, 2020 11:10 pm

#1

at1212b [OP]: Deal Guru; Mar 31, 2008; 12636 posts; 2725 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 8th, 2020 11:10 pm

Who's looking forward to going back into the Office?

So just wondering what the Office/Corporate sentiment is with the vaccines.

Anybody here looking forward to getting out of the house and back into the excitement of the boardroom/cubicle/water cooler?

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Dec 8th, 2020 11:13 pm

#2

dolfan1980: Sr. Member; Aug 3, 2017; 819 posts; 625 upvotes

Dec 8th, 2020 11:13 pm

at1212b wrote: ↑ So just wondering what the Office/Corporate sentiment is with the vaccines.

Anybody here looking forward to getting out of the house and back into the excitement of the boardroom/cubicle/water cooler?

I really miss work travel and getting out to see colleagues around the country and looking partners in the eye. I do not however miss the office at all!

+1

Dec 9th, 2020 7:52 am

#3

TodayHello: Deal Fanatic; Dec 8, 2007; 5264 posts; 1612 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 7:52 am

Hard no.

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+3

Dec 9th, 2020 8:47 am

#4

ranjeet2000: Deal Addict; Nov 1, 2001; 1150 posts; 464 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 9th, 2020 8:47 am

No. Im not social at work so it doesn't bother me the lack of social contact. The save on commute time is great. Breakfast can now be eaten at breakfast time

+2

Dec 9th, 2020 8:50 am

#5

coriolis: Deal Expert; May 22, 2005; 20537 posts; 5990 upvotes; GTA

Dec 9th, 2020 8:50 am

Never left the office but it's weird being one of 4 people on the 1600 sq ft floor that I'm on.

Communication by yelling across the building has become an office meme between us ahaha

Dec 9th, 2020 9:08 am

#6

ChesterCheetoh: Jr. Member; Nov 28, 2020; 131 posts; 116 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 9:08 am

I miss being parked on the 401...

+1

Dec 9th, 2020 9:27 am

#7

bhrm: Deal Fanatic; Jul 13, 2009; 5000 posts; 3150 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 9:27 am

Work for me fully adapting a hybrid work from anywhere model even before pandemic, so this would just continue it. When things are safe and normalish, I plan on going into the office just once a week.

Head office is 120km drive for me and downtown Toronto office could not possibly fit everyone we hired this year anyways. I do miss hanging out with people though, nice lunches and snacking on treats, and grabbing coffees.

Dec 9th, 2020 9:31 am

#8

TehRFDAnomaly: Deal Addict; Dec 6, 2017; 1500 posts; 996 upvotes; Manitoba

Dec 9th, 2020 9:31 am

We never went to WFH....

Dec 9th, 2020 11:04 am

#9

ranjeet2000: Deal Addict; Nov 1, 2001; 1150 posts; 464 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 9th, 2020 11:04 am

TehRFDAnomaly wrote: ↑ We never went to WFH....

What industry are you?

Dec 9th, 2020 11:11 am

#10

Manatus: Deal Fanatic; Mar 21, 2010; 6485 posts; 3495 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 9th, 2020 11:11 am

No. It will also be interesting to see what tack they take with the vaccines. I can see some people refusing to get the vaccine just so they can continue to WFH (if being vaccinated is required to be back in the office).

Dec 9th, 2020 11:23 am

#11

tebore: Deal Guru; Feb 9, 2006; 12670 posts; 7345 upvotes; Brampton

Dec 9th, 2020 11:23 am

I do miss driving my car in the weehours of the morning and being alone in my car during that morning drive in the Summer and the fall listening to 80s on 8.

The commute home generally sucks and anytime in the winter.

I also enjoy being the first to take a dump in the office on that cool clean porcelain in the morning. Forcing a log (or shotgun spraying last night's indian food)thru that pristine waterline in the toilet bowl full of blue cleanser.

+4

Dec 9th, 2020 12:01 pm

#12

ProductGuy: Deal Addict; Jan 1, 2017; 1748 posts; 1726 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 12:01 pm

I miss the office and going for walks at lunch. I miss the food court lunches and coffee chats with coworkers too. I live downtown in a condo so being stuck in a condo during a pandemic is not fun. Once things go back to normal I will be WFH once a week and be in the office 4 days a week.

Dec 9th, 2020 12:57 pm

#13

bluenose2: Deal Addict; Jul 19, 2012; 1958 posts; 324 upvotes; Canada

Dec 9th, 2020 12:57 pm

our office won't open until spring 2022
so I;m good.

Dec 9th, 2020 4:07 pm

#14

angrybanker: Sr. Member; Sep 28, 2013; 771 posts; 529 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 4:07 pm

coriolis wrote: ↑ Never left the office but it's weird being one of 4 people on the 1600 sq ft floor that I'm on.

Communication by yelling across the building has become an office meme between us ahaha

(fist bump)

Same here. I'm one of the 5% of the employees who never left the office. It's a 15 min walk to work, office to myself (and a couple others). Figured at the outset that I should make myself as visible as possible (someone very senior at my firm is also coming to work, and it was just him and myself for several months) in case they start laying people off!

+2

Dec 9th, 2020 5:56 pm

#15

amz155: Deal Fanatic; May 14, 2009; 6640 posts; 1381 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 5:56 pm

If I never had to go back, I’d be perfectly fine with that. Crappy co-workers/office environment is one of the things I hate the most about where I work.

Dec 9th, 2020 7:10 pm

#16

darkest_night: Newbie; Dec 12, 2008; 88 posts; 18 upvotes; Montreal

Dec 9th, 2020 7:10 pm

Looking forward to be back 1 day a week. Quite a few new people on my squad and bonding by teams is not the same. Same for some meetings (especially training) where in person is just more fluid. In general though WFH is just so much better.

+1

Dec 9th, 2020 7:20 pm

#17

Applesmack: Deal Addict; Dec 23, 2010; 1897 posts; 931 upvotes; Moon

Dec 9th, 2020 7:20 pm

They'll have to fire me first. At most i'll show up once a week. Many of our team members have straight up left the city already and are planning to work remotely forever. They will be doing a lot of firing if they don't accept the new normal.

+1

Dec 9th, 2020 7:27 pm

#18

winner2000: Deal Addict; Feb 7, 2006; 2360 posts; 1087 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 7:27 pm

I'm ok with MAX 2 days a week - preferably 1 - and quite frankly I won't even be asking if I can take that schedule...I'm just going to do it. A lot of us have been WFH for (at the time we go back) over a year...there's no reason to go back 5x a week.

Dec 9th, 2020 7:53 pm

#19

dubjk: Sr. Member; Feb 1, 2008; 824 posts; 67 upvotes

Dec 9th, 2020 7:53 pm

I actually want to go back to the office on a limited basis, maybe 1-2 a week, and maintain wfh for the rest of the week.
I do not enjoy my commute to work, but i find that sometimes i would prefer a change in environment and work from the office. That, and ive been working longer hours at home and the work-life balance seems to have been impacted.

Dec 9th, 2020 8:03 pm

#20

M1K3Z0R: Deal Fanatic; May 11, 2009; 6871 posts; 3387 upvotes; Debtario

Dec 9th, 2020 8:03 pm

Never left the office. Only upper management is special enough to WFH, meanwhile everybody else got their extra "danger" pay taken away this summer as soon as other employers stopped doing that,

It's actually terribly annoying, the people left behind are now expected to pick up the slack, pass messages, and get delegated work just because we are the boots on the ground.

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