I know there's a lot of differing opinions on the benefits of being at the office vs working from home, but after having now spent a number of months back in the office, I can honestly say; it's fucking pointless.
I get up almost 2 hours before I need to be in the office. When I get there, I say hello, I sit down and don't have a single meaningful conversation with anybody all day.
I then spend almost 2 hours traveling home.
I was a little conflicted when we first went back, and thought perhaps a hybrid model would be okay, but there's nothing that we do in person that can't be done over zoom. Nobody has any physical contact so why can't I just fucking call them on teams???
I'm sick of wasting my time, my money and not getting to spend time with my son. He's 3 and it's the best fucking age. The little guy is my best friend and because of work, I dont see him in the morning, and I get less than an hour with him on an evening before he goes to bed. He doesn't understand why I can't still work from home either which makes it 10 times worse.
All of this on top of everything going on in the world is crushing me and honestly, I just wanted to get my point of view out there.
Things need to change. Soon.