Study: Remote working benefits fathers while childless men miss sense of community

[pro@programming.dev]

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[phobosanomaly@feddit.uk]

I know this a gross oversimplification, but:

"Remote working benefit those with a reason to stay home, but doesn't for those who don't have a reason to stay home" seems to be the general idea of the headline.

edit: I think this is the study they're talking about, please double check the source before quoting: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36718392/

[darkcloud@lemmy.world]

Can't wait until we figure out that improving society for the people in it, improves society overall.

[dave@lemmy.nz]

This was also my experience during the main sweep of the pandemic. It was so great getting to cut the commute and be home. Something I have luckily managed to largely continue. Prior to the pandemic my kid was in daycare pretty much 7:30-5:30 so it was really nice to not have to do that, plus during our lockdown we used to go for a family walk at lunchtime.

While some of the single guys I worked with hated staying home and were straight back in the office the moment they were allowed.

[saff@lemmy.ml]

Yeah I went 3 months without having a single face to face conversation with someone, it was pretty shit even with online gaming and discord.

[felixcress@lemmy.world]

Stop the fuck with "sense of community" and other crap.

[ideonek@piefed.social]

Come on, work being the sole source of community is the problem here. What are we even talking about?

[flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz]

I'm starting to understand that many people never felt the sense of community, in the workplace or otherwise. Yes it's possible.

The trick is that it doesn't depend on the company, it depends on the people. Last time it happened to me, we pretty much all quit together because we were frustrated at the company but kept being friends afterwards.

[ricemunk@sopuli.xyz]

Childless man here, I work mostly remotely.

I don't miss any sense of community.

[flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz]

Yes, but it's also the most logical place. What other activity do you dedicate so much time to? Maybe sleeping but it's hard to build a community around that.

[dotslashme@infosec.pub]

Same, but I do have my own community away from work and have always prioritized my friends over co-workers.

[ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world]

romcom idea: childless man has crush on childed man. he's raring to come back to work to hang out with hot dad man, but the latter is forced to work remotely.

the whole plot swivels around how they get around the lack of opportunities to be together.

[endmaker@ani.social]

keep cooking

[mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz]

after studying mostly from home for 3 years, I'm very happy to be working on-site. feels a lot less lonely.

[latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Oh, yes! I sure do miss that community made up of ass kissers and people who are just as miserable as I am! Or those 2-3 chill people with whom I meet for a chat weekly anyway, outside work hours because I sure as hell ain't in the mood for socialising while I'm wasting (at least) a third of my day and life doing busiwork for someone else!

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

It's not about remote vs office work, but working remotely all the time reminds particularly painfully about not having a SO or many friends. When working from office, covertly texting a good acquaintance 2-3 times a day kinda replaces that. When at home, you could do much more of that, or probably bunch together to work, but you don't. Just sit there, smell your socks, sip tea, get distracted for nothing good, and feel how your life passes into abyss. When in office, you at least have the stress of many loud people around to distract you from that.

[solsangraal@lemmy.zip]

i'm skeptical of any study that concludes anyone would rather deal with all the bullshit of working in the office rather than wfh

no one goes to work for the "community," which can also be gotten literally anywhere other than work

sounds like something corporate slavedriving senior executives decided they wanted a "study" on to prove people want to work in the office

[exlisper@lemmy.curiana.net]

I'm childless and all I can say is fuck community.

[isthisanai@lemmy.world]

Not everyone hates life like you do. I hang out with co-workers all the time. Kept relationships will after I'm done.

[ideonek@piefed.social]

According to my kids, candies are the most logical place to get most your nutritions from. Where else could you get so many calories?

If most of your time at work is spent socializing, couldn't you cut your work time and build your community elsewhere?

If most of your time at work you spent on honest hard-work working, how much community are you really building?

Cut you calories. Life doesn't happen at work.