I don't get how members of a certain imported IT group always seem to have time for a mid-morning game of billiards.
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Office affairs are back
@28x+1jn077kc2 - NOPE. You can only catch COVID if you're a human being.
@1ec+1jn077kc2 - "Office affairs are back."
Aren't they afraid of the Covid?
Office affairs are back. A lot of su-king up too when the boss is in the office.
The 200KPL getting rick rolled during their speech about truth bombs.
I badged in this morning to a dark office. There are probably 5 or less people in the office every time I go in. My team works across the US. The other individuals in the office are not on my team and I don't know most of them. Since I was the only one there and they say the purpose of RTO is social, I left and went home. It makes absolutely no sense.
This morning the 200KPL was throwing truth bombs at the staff, screaming, "enjoy your $9 eggs, my lowly minions!"
The number of H1B men who walk out of the bathrooms without washing their hands is disgusting. Remember, don’t throw away your paper towel until you’ve used it to open the door, because someone else has touched it with their raunchy po-p hands.
Had a blood drive in the cafeteria. No dividers, just people getting poked five feet away from the tables. Interesting location.
I find it odd that I still only have to go in 1x a week or 3x a month- not complaining!
I have a handful of people who mostly work at the building, not even for us, that I look forward to having 5 min of small talk with. Then a dozen others that I look forward to waving to. The rest i look forward to walking away from as I leave to get in my car.
None of those things have anything to do with my ability to do my job. They do hinder my availability to do my job though. Since the company doesn't care, nor do I.
I have observed a lack of associate productivity in the office. Idle gossiping, frequent trips to the coffee machine, numerous Captain Loudmouths talking in their outdoor voices on conference calls, and non-existent desk ergonomics make it difficult to be as productive as when working from home.
Then again, the hybrid model isn't truly about increasing company productivity, is it?
@c7+1jn077kc2 - "I was told they monitor your vpn, network activity and of course your badge in timestamp in office. Not to mention the large security camera by the door which they do monitor specifically looking for coffee badgers. Our office isn't bad but I sure would prefer to never see it again. It's pointless working in office in 2025. Just a waste of gas and time"
Why would "they" care about these things? They simply want to get people driving into the office to satisfy the various vested interests whose revenues depend upon the commuter lifestyle (commercial real estate, auto industry, oil and gas industry, local municipalities, etc.). They don't care if you are there one hour or eight hours on your in-office day. They just want you commuting to support the vested interests, many of whom are Elevance Health customers.
Sick reference bro. Your references are out of control. Everyone knows that.
I noticed this older gentleman who worked in Quality Assurance blogging on www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts. Even for the internet, it’s pretty shocking. Good thing it was only a Word document.
The day we had the Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run Race for the Cure. 200KPL puked from carbo loading fettuccine alfredo.
@e3+1jn077kc2 wins. Full stop.
A group of 8-10 H1B's having a conversation in Hindi, about how d-mb the regular employees were... and how they were going to take all our jobs.....not realizing that the the older gal getting coffee at the same time understands Hindi...
I just gave them a dirty look and went back to my rent-a-cube.
200KPL asking me about my TPS reports.
A security guard “guarding” the snacks since they are no longer free. Good thing we paid him hundreds of dollars that day to protect the $40 worth of snacks. Nice ROI.
The oddest thing? Getting charged for snacks. No thanks! I’ll bring my own chips from home. WTF?
The oddest thing is that people WORK in the office. You're not there to work. You're there to socialize and collaborate. You're there to talk to people you don't know. You're there to smile and nod and pretend you like it.
They haven't given us a single work-related reason to go to the office. They can't. The teams are too distributed. So the only reasons they can give are social. Hang out. Get your chat on. Share a bag of chips. Play billiards. It's what they told us to do. I block as much of my day as possible when I go. I want to ensure I'm giving it my all by doing exactly what they said was valuable about RTO - socializing.
Gathered in the break room sipping on tea and coffee just blowing the few hours away that they have to be in the office. (no laptops in sight)
An average of 5- 10 people in the office total. Yet I seem to always end up sitting next to the person who is on the phone loudly with members. No one collaborating and thinking to myself” why the he-l to I have to drive here 1 day a week”. Every once in a while there are 2 chatty Cathy’s gossiping like crazy. The best think about not being in the office is not witnessing the d-mb office politics.
The number of people actively, grossly sick, toddler coughing into the air. Cover your mouths! Flex your days a little if you're that ill!
@bn+1jn077kc2 even if they don’t need the sleep and are not on break who exactly are you going to report them to and why????? Just mind your own business and keep it moving.
I was told they monitor your vpn, network activity and of course your badge in timestamp in office. Not to mention the large security camera by the door which they do monitor specifically looking for coffee badgers. Our office isn't bad but I sure would prefer to never see it again. It's pointless working in office in 2025. Just a waste of gas and time
People forgetting that there are other people there and talking trash about their teammates. If you want office gossip get there really early and people do not know you are there :)
Ahh, OP is in the ATL office. I have witnessed that as well.
People openly sleeping in shared workspaces. They probably need the sleep and might be on their break so I say and do nothing. But gone are the days where you go to your car or try to hide it. They’ve made the couches and TVs so much like home that we might as well work from home.