Trying to concentrate in that environment is impossible. People talking, interrupting, moving things around... I got more done in a quiet hour at home than I do in a full day at the office. To say my productivity has plummeted would be an understatement. This RTO experiment is failing.
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@OP, you are not supposed to work at the office, you are supposed to just be there. Why are you even working? We all know that environment ki-ls all productivity. Who would be productive in a sweat shop surrounded by United States of India?
@mz when we had assigned seats and walls?
The open seating is awesome. I drive fl-tulence way into the seat cushions and then accidently spill sardine juice on it during lunch break.
Hard to believe any companies created anything before covid hit. Imagine how hard that was going to work M-F and 9-5? Crazy talk.
You should use open workplace as an excuse to learn a new language. Hindi. Mandarin. Farsi. The choices are many.
Then you can eavesdrop on all those people standing in corners having quiet phone conversations.
Instead of worrying that they're transmitting trade secrets to their handlers, you find out they're just bi--hing about having to eat from the food truck.
“So many employees without marketable skills or other options blaming the company for choices the employee made. Many of you should be grateful the company has carried you for as long as it has.”
The choices I made were based on promises the company made. The shocker came when at the last minute the CEO laughed in my face and said ‘You really believed that! Thanks for working 30yrs for a fraction of what you could have made counting on that early retirement medical. Should have planned better.’
Little man is back trolling the forum
@a6 ...and "expendable" too. 🙄
@aa "Surely you have reasons for staying, and if those reasons satisfy a personal need"
This! So many employees without marketable skills or other options blaming the company for choices the employee made. Many of you should be grateful the company has carried you for as long as it has.
@df imagine thinking you need to RTO to “actually work” in 2026
More RTO whining . Just stop already. Get over it. Good grief, lots of babies on here.
My manhood is threatened by my female boss. I rather get laid off by a male.
RTO and actually work.
We all know the last five posts are from the same mouth breathing clown. No one thinks you are building a consensus, bootlickie.
If you can't find a WFH job in this booming economy, you might never find a WFH job.
Why haven’t you left for a job that allows WFH then?
No need to actually respond. We already know the answer.
RTO = attrition tactic to thin the herd.
One hour of work, 5 hours of golf. WFH.
OP is a WFH crybaby.
Boo hoo hoo
You cry and moan about RTO every day
And yet you stay
OP is right. They need more safe spaces.
Whats worst than all the loud people is the but kissers. Those l-wlife loosers will spend a couple years kissing but thinking it will save there job then there woke female boss will walk them out because she thinks they are conservative. This place is a woke mess!
We have a lady that coughs and blows her nose allll day long for weeks at a time. Also the cleaning crew thinks it’s cool to vacuum the floor in the middle of the day when people are on calls. But most offices are on a very short timeline, so enjoy the final days.
Where is all this rigorous performance management and strict accountability measures? I'm proudly doing jack squat with an unpleasant demeanor, and no one seems to care.
But it is cute that you seem to believe that the world works that way. Perhaps someday you'll grow up, Peter Pan.
“I lack the attention span to do the work I was hired to do. Please terminate me for cause so a more dedicated contributor is less likely to be surplussed.”
This.
Yes we have some loud people who love to host useless meetings all day. Just repeating the same cr-p over and over providing zero value. Have to wear noise cancelling headphones all day.
You should leave if you can't adapt. RTO isn't a new concept. Why are you still here? Surely you have reasons for staying, and if those reasons satisfy a personal need then maybe you should STFU. Continuing to stay is your own choice.
Third world country call center environment packed in shoulder to shoulder is the new “market culture” “no loyalty” “collaboration” environment T leadership is promoting.
I lack the attention span to do the work I was hired to do. Please terminate me for cause so a more dedicated contributor is less likely to be surplussed.
Leadership doesn’t care!
‘The rules apply to thee and not to me.’
Not giving you your own quiet reserved space is simply to remind you that you are easily expandable. No need to even change a paper door tag label. That's the Stank commitment to you.
What gets me is everyone telling us to get used to open concept call center environment, CRE, HR, C Suite, all have nice, quiet offices. How can I work when I feel like I’m under constant surveillance? I’m not making cold calls. I’m solving technical issues.
I don’t want to hear from union folks with their own private trucks, or entire CO’s to themselves! You don’t have constant foot traffic passing by you, people standing up with headsets doing conference calls right behind you. It’s gets to be too much. Now I’m expected to grow my tech skills in that environment, too? Growthhub can gf itself.
maybe you’re just too d-mb or mentally challenged to work in an environment of lots of people who talk about more than golf and childcare for your autistic kids.