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How do people survive working in an office?

Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:57 am
Posted by ClemsonKitten
Member since Aug 2025
816 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:57 am
I have worked remotely since 2016 with a brief stint in 2021 for a new job I took. Those 2-3 months were literally hell and I was constantly looking for a WFH job during that job.
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
45144 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:58 am to
It is peaceful and productive. I like the separation from my personal space.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39997 posts
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Posted by BigGreenTiger
Member since Mar 2022
661 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:58 am to
some people prefer being in office, some prefer WFH... do whatever makes you most productive.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32903 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:59 am to
I just like being around people in general, sitting at home is just that very thing, I fricking sit down all day.

When I’m in an office, I get to walk around much more on various floors, sometimes the client has a different building on the next block that I’ll get to walk to, I just feel good to have a breath of fresh air and be around people for my mental health

During the day is working from home, I started getting chubby from constantly grazing on all sorts of snacks and food, and just a bunch of unhealthy shite that I had stored in my pantry
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 9:00 am
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76615 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:59 am to
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How do people survive working in an office?
How do some of you get through life at all?

It isn’t like you are being asked to go into the coal mines.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 9:02 am
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
19490 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:59 am to
It’s called “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs”
Posted by Boss13
Mobile
Member since Oct 2016
1930 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:59 am to
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How do people survive working in an office?


Office babes. Only way.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27915 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:00 am to
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I just like being around people in general, sitting at home is just that very thing, I fricking sit down all day.

When I’m in an office, I get to walk around much more on various floors, sometimes the client has a different building on the next block that I’ll get to walk to, I just feel good to have a breath of fresh air and be around people for my mental health


This.

I don't like living a hermit life.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83380 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:00 am to
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How do people survive working in an office?


Bc it’s how I get paid
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
106487 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:00 am to
I like my hybrid schedule where I’m 3 days WFH and 2 in the office. Best of both worlds.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
58210 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:00 am to
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How do people survive working in an office?


I keep my office lights off and when I hear people asking for me I just yell "HE'S NOT HERE." That and my paycheck helps lessen the emotional blow of not being able to WFH.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53234 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:01 am to
I worked from home from 2020-2024, but it was at a job that I'd been at for 8 years already. It was ok, but going to the office isn't that big of a deal to me.

I changed jobs in 2024 and I'm back in the office full time.

I actually think WFH is a negative for new employees. No way would I have settled in at my new job being 100% remote.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61512 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:03 am to
I can’t stand working from home. Doing it for 18 months for Covid reminded me that I much prefer being in the office to be around people and stuff.

I can work at home 2 or 3 days a week with current job and I choose only to do it on Fridays.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27915 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:03 am to
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I actually think WFH is a negative for new employees.


This is a big thing. Early career folks, at least in the fields I work in, benefit so much more if they're able to walk an office or two down and pick the brain of a more seasoned veteran.

They're MUCH less likely to just up and video or phone call that same person if sitting at home.
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
1813 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:03 am to
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How do people survive working in an office?



quote:

survive


Good Lord, could you be anymore dramatic? Its a job brother. People have been doing it for generations. Its not really that hard to comprehend.

Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
23514 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:05 am to
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Those 2-3 months were literally hell and I was constantly looking for a WFH job during that job.


Seriously? Literally hell working in a office?

You could always be hanging off the back of a garbage truck if you prefer that line of work.
This post was edited on 1/9/26 at 9:14 am
Posted by Hogwarts
Arkansas, USA
Member since Sep 2015
18323 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:10 am to
I like having human interaction. If i worked from home, i would goof around and find any excuse to not work
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
1921 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:11 am to
Last office I worked at I didn’t last three weeks. Desk next to a transitioning tranny and this was when Trump took office and started cancelling funds for trannies. Plus the political lectures from the black director who’s life goal was to go work for USAID. Friggen commies.
Posted by Kenna City Solja
America’s City
Member since Nov 2025
969 posts
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:12 am to
It’s not the environment, it’s the schedule

I would jump off a building if I had to work 9-5 M-F
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