Ice burg? Looks like we found the guy from Clinton.
If I was a Ford worker, I would make sure I was not working at home. Out of sight out of mind, easier to fire someone you don’t see and therefore don’t know on a personal level, and if you are easy to set up at home, it seems you would easy to take down.
Damn, well mandatory back to office for people who take trains and drink Starbucks
Still doing my part with the local economy, my morning coffee $ still goes to Capabanna in North Liberty just as if I was going into office. Lunch $ goes to various local places in NL instead of downtown CR.
I actually have a different spin. I was hit or miss brining food to work or getting lunch. During the heights of the pandemic when I was mostly home, I got used and being physically comfortable. Now that I am back in the office all of the time, I like to buy my lunch as a perk for being here. Mind you, I don't spend $25, more like 5 to 10 on a burrito or chik-fil-a sandwich.
That makes sense. I just wake up, shower, hop in my vehicle, and drive 15 to 20 minutes to work. Once there we have good coffee and tea available all day. For lunch I just go down the elevators and grab fast casual food, and then eat at my desk. At the end of the day I just drive 15 to 20 minutes back home. Rinse and repeat. I would add that looking at the math, if I were to pack a lunch, the food cost would probably be between $3 and $5, depending on the quality of bread I am using, how much deli meat I pile on, and what veggies I garnish it with.
Who wants to lose 2-3 hours a day commuting, gas to drive to work or to train station, commuter train tickets, plus the cost of proper clothes, day care for kids, etc.? Quality of life, man.
Dry cleaning being shorthand for laundered. Dress shirts laundered, pressed, and starched (5 per week) and then slacks, sport coats, and suits on a less regular basis. Shirts are $2 each so that is half the weekly total and then usually a combination of other items to get to $20/week.
For me it is a mixture. I can't replace frequent collaboration with colleagues on issues where you just darken each other's door, or grabbing a conference room to white board some ideas, by being at home. I don't "want" to do that but in terms of being competent, there really is no substitute. With that said, I can replace producing written product in the office by doing it at my home office. So I am probably a 13 days in the office per 2 days cranking something out at home guy (and no, that is not a euphemism for whacking it). Working from home is just infrequent enough where it seems like a treat now. Especially, ahem, when I work from home on gorgeous summer days when a midafternoon dip in the pool may or may not be taken...
Here is the deal.
This is where different companies, industries and work styles vary. I actually miss in-person collaboration. While I’ve worked remotely for a decade plus, I really enjoy the normal 2-4 gatherings per year where we get in a room and work on stuff.
