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

[flashmobofone@lemmy.world]

This childless man loves his peace, quiet, and alone time.

But maybe I don't qualify as I have dogs, friends, and kickass neighbors.

[xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I broadly agree, but I think there's a bit of a "correlation is not causation" effect at play, too

I would expect people who are very career-focused would prioritise socialising less, and also be more willing to do a long commute for a job they are highly invested in. But the reduced socialising wouldn't necessarily be caused by the commuting (not entirely, at least).

[flashmobofone@lemmy.world]

Agreed. This article sounds like the kind of BS corporate media's trying to parrot to gaslight us into giving up WFH.

[tehbaz@lemmy.wtf]

Same here, much prefer the peace and quiet as well as avoiding the complication & stress of maintaining a personal relationship that may or may not last. As long as I have my dog with me I'm never lonely.

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

Fathers versus childless men, rather than husbands vs unmarried men. Telling.

[chm5tz8zmp@lemmy.sdf.org]

Same. I came here to make the exact same comment.

[yetanotheruser@discuss.tchncs.de]

which can also be gotten literally anywhere other than work

Can it? For absolutely everyone, regardless of (mental) health? No one benefits from being monetarily pressured to interact with people even if the interaction is only surface level?

[evotech@lemmy.world]

What does it tell

[lemmyknow@lemmy.today]

It's clearly telling that the study is looking at men with regards to their possession of a child or an infant of some kind, rather than regarding wether they take part in some sort of commited marital relationship or partnership

[evotech@lemmy.world]

It’s a different world.

With a kid you get to know other parents, lots of social activities and people you are around.

[solsangraal@lemmy.zip]

ok. the reasons someone might actually want to go to work in the office (e.g., can't interact with people who aren't getting paid to interact) are not the same reasons CEOs want to force you to work in the office (control; oversight; subjugation)

[scarabic@lemmy.world]

No one said “sole.” It’s about a sense of community between you and your coworkers, which is a very real and normal thing. It’s spelled out in the article very clearly:

losing that sense of workplace community had a greater impact on childless men

“Workplace community.”

I’m a dad working remote and I love the benefits but I ALSO miss the sense of community with my coworkers which I used to get from lunches together, sharing the train ride home, or just working side by side at our desks.

[scarabic@lemmy.world]

I’m a dad and I do. Our anecdotal stories have been registered!

[cholesterol@lemmy.world]

Would they equally write 'mothers' vs. 'childless women' in another article about remote work, I wonder.

[const_void@lemmy.ml]

Same. I’ve always hated office culture and don’t miss it one bit.

[thatkomputerkat@lemmy.world]

As a childless man, fuck no I don’t.

[fourwaveforms@lemm.ee]

I'm a childless man and FUCK that, the office isn't my social scene. I don't care to drive in there just to talk to the same people in person. ZERO point in doing that. We have meetings electronically and that's more than enough.

[bradleyuffner@lemmy.world]

As a childless man, they will have to pry my work from home out of my cold, lots of free time having hands.

[fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com]

They're all jerks anyways

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

Mmmm I am a childless man, and I live by myself, and I am 100% cool with that, and feel fine. But to be fair, I’ve got a pretty good circle of friends, and a really strong core friend group.