This is the least surprising thing ever. The workplace has become one of the most toxic environments around. There is just so much bullshit these days. I feel like the technology revolution of the last 20 years has just thrown kerosene on the corporate psychopathy problem the same way that Facebook drove the misinformation problem over the edge. Like the current corporate employment system rewards people that change jobs every three years and spend most of their time looking for new jobs and polishing up vacuous resumes. Is problem.
Yes, there was an unprecedented level of negative commentary in the chat of a recent company meeting at my employer (large tech co.) They announced the return to work policies, which included eligibility for remote work, but only above a certain pay grade. I predict a quick walking back of the policy after people start to leave in droves.
Same story at my BIL’s employer, also a large software company – people just flat out don’t need and don’t want to go to the office.
It’s a huge opportunity for those employees as well as innovative employers.
Workers: we love working from home, can we keep doing that?
Managers: of course not lol, we, uh…need to collaborate or something
Workers: have you noticed that everyone is more productive from home and we’re making more money with less turnover?
Managers: whatever get your ass in here
Workers: OK I quit
Managers: avocado toast spoiled entitled something argle bargle
What level is this on.
2 I hope.
I mentioned this to my daughter, the one who said they were the most popular thing, and, so, this is the Nazi K-Pop band.
When I worked at Directv we were a family. I’m still good friends with a dozen of them and see old coworkers fairly regularly. But it was just a magic thing that came together in spite of our bosses. I knew at the time it was something rare to be cherished. Then AT&T bought us and mostly ruined it.
My current job at a university is just a job. Coworkers are fine, but not friends.
That Harvard longitudinal study on happiness seems to have concluded that it’s all about human relationships - the more real ones you have the happier you are. Nothing wrong with getting that from work if it happens imo.
The other big revelation for me is that time spent in flow state is a huge contributor to happiness. If you can get that from a job that’s good too.
The 7 years at directv were some of the best of my life. I even got a girlfriend out of it. I doubt any of that happens working from home, and I’m not the most social person to go out and make large groups of friends outside of work. I do have an extended group of friends now, but am really only close with one of them. So for whatever reason that job really worked for me.
But yeah with the current job working from home is better.
Unless you work for the mob.
One of our casinos opened this weekend and it is taking every ounce of my will power not to go play poker until I get my second shot. 
Joe:- How’s Jeffrey doing Vlad
Cannot stress enough how the mob is actually 1000% typical for a job that tries to tell you that it’s a family.
They are telling you that because they want you to sacrifice your actual family and actual freedom for their freedom if you get caught doing something they probably ordered you to do. All that talk of loyalty and the first thing those same bosses did when they got caught was turn informant and send all their underlings to prison.
That is some horrible lighting for a bar. No one wants to see others that clearly.
Also does Philly call it a Water Closet, or is this just some Irish pub going all in on the theme?
We’ll said brother 
Hole I’d think… Waterhole