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re: How do people survive working in an office?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:42 am to ClemsonKitten
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:42 am to ClemsonKitten
I think there is a huge difference between being in a cubical and being in an office, if you are considering being in a cube as an office job.
Being in cubical is soul crushing. You are in a three sided box that's what? 5x5? You are looking at your screen most of the time and when you look away its grey walls and there isn't any amount of papers or pictures you can tack up to make it feel different.
I remember this one guy who worked on the other side of me at the time, had several posters of a window looking out to different scenes.. Mountains, the ocean, that sort of thing. He would change them out every few months and he said he will just stare at it sometimes to put his brain somewhere else. My brain didn't work like that.
In an office, having a window to see outside on one side and on the other to see the "work floor" where all the cubicles are doesn't give me... at least, the feeling of being closed in. I just like to be able to see beyond my personal space, but I still think humans were not meant to be in offices 5 days a week 8 hours a day staring at computer screens. We need to be moving more, being in the sun more, etc.
Being in cubical is soul crushing. You are in a three sided box that's what? 5x5? You are looking at your screen most of the time and when you look away its grey walls and there isn't any amount of papers or pictures you can tack up to make it feel different.
I remember this one guy who worked on the other side of me at the time, had several posters of a window looking out to different scenes.. Mountains, the ocean, that sort of thing. He would change them out every few months and he said he will just stare at it sometimes to put his brain somewhere else. My brain didn't work like that.
In an office, having a window to see outside on one side and on the other to see the "work floor" where all the cubicles are doesn't give me... at least, the feeling of being closed in. I just like to be able to see beyond my personal space, but I still think humans were not meant to be in offices 5 days a week 8 hours a day staring at computer screens. We need to be moving more, being in the sun more, etc.
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:41 pm to OweO
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Being in cubical is soul crushing. You are in a three sided box that's what? 5x5? You are looking at your screen most of the time and when you look away its grey walls and there isn't any amount of papers or pictures you can tack up to make it feel different.
I would take a cubicle over an open office environment any day
Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:11 pm to ClemsonKitten
No way I could work from home. My wife (no pics) does this and has a small home office area set up so I would be stuck at the dining room table on a laptop. Compared to having an office at work for myself with four 32 inch computer monitors, no kids hollering, no wife to have to be around literally 24 hours a day.
WFH people can 100% have that shite. It's not for me at all.
WFH people can 100% have that shite. It's not for me at all.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:17 pm to ClemsonKitten
I love the people I work with. and in my job I just can't do it as efficiently at home so for me, because of that remote work would not be an option even if my boss allowed it.
I did work remotely during Covid, but I'm not in outside sales or pure data driven type work - there's just too much that requires being here to be efficient.
But again, luckily I really like the folks I work with.
I did work remotely during Covid, but I'm not in outside sales or pure data driven type work - there's just too much that requires being here to be efficient.
But again, luckily I really like the folks I work with.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:19 pm to notiger1997
I have been WFH since 2 years before Covid. at the time I had been with my job for over 15 years, and since i have been WFH my productivity is higher than before.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:29 pm to Scruffy
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It isn’t like you are being asked to go into the coal mines.
Yeah! Try pulling a cotton sack in 90 degree heat, 70% humidity.
I'll take the Office.
Living on a Submarine, for three months patrols, was better than that. That is definitely indoors
Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:30 pm to ClemsonKitten
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How do people survive working in an office?
Coworkers bring donuts, boudin, and king cakes on the reg.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:10 pm to Hogwarts
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I like having human interaction. If i worked from home, i would goof around and find any excuse to not work
Same here, there are some folks in my business that stayed and WFH after Covid was over - I know those guys and I know they were not guys that would be efficient unsupervised. I can gaurantee the one's I know screwed around as much as possible.
Now we have outside guys who work remotely a lot here but they are commission guys so they get what they put in so it's on them.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:38 pm to ClemsonKitten
I worked entirely from home for 8 years, but I like an office environment, so I took some steps to make my home more like an office:
I set up a coffee station with a small fridge to hold daily lunch boxes. I never cleaned up after I made coffee or used the fridge.
I made a special HR office, and once a week, I would go in there and ask for a raise and complain that I was not fairly compensated.
I painted an outline on my driveway, and stenciled " Reserved for the
employee of the month". I always parked there.
I made a suggestion box and put it in my kitchen.
I established monthly cultural sensitivity training classes. If a package
delivery guy came to the house, I would invite him to attend. I once
fooled two Jehovah's Witnesses, who stayed through an entire class.
I set up a coffee station with a small fridge to hold daily lunch boxes. I never cleaned up after I made coffee or used the fridge.
I made a special HR office, and once a week, I would go in there and ask for a raise and complain that I was not fairly compensated.
I painted an outline on my driveway, and stenciled " Reserved for the
employee of the month". I always parked there.
I made a suggestion box and put it in my kitchen.
I established monthly cultural sensitivity training classes. If a package
delivery guy came to the house, I would invite him to attend. I once
fooled two Jehovah's Witnesses, who stayed through an entire class.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:46 pm to ClemsonKitten
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How do people survive working in an office?
Not sure, I have to go in once a month and it’s tough to get through the day. A day filled w small talk & BS and nothing gets done.
You office lovers enjoy your commutes, I’ll be on the golf course since I don’t have to commute.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:43 pm to ClemsonKitten
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I would take a cubicle over an open office environment any day
That's cool if it works for you, but like I said, I like to see beyond my personal space.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:48 pm to ClemsonKitten
Do you have to work evenings, nights, weekends and holidays? If not, why are you complaining?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:56 pm to MRTigerFan
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Coworkers bring donuts, boudin, and king cakes on the reg.
I’m not a fat pig, so what else do you have?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:56 pm to Mo Jeaux
Are you a skinny pig
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:58 pm to AUCE05
I wish I had an office to go to.....remote work has deficiencies.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:00 pm to oldskule
Sounds like a lot of yall lacked efficient WFH setups
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:00 pm to ClemsonKitten
Been working from home since about 2015, going back to an office would be really REALLY difficult but I would try it. Overnight travel (air or by car) would be a dealbreaker; it would be time to move on or retire.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 8:03 pm to ClemsonKitten
I have a lot of flexibility in my job. I could do either. I choose office 4 days/week and from home on Friday and off at noon. There’s no way I could work from home all week long. I’m more productive in office setting.
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