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And of course they were making a big thing about their green credentials, while unnecessarily asking people to commute into the office when they'd just spent the past 2 years doing the same job from home.
My current employer is trying to calculate the carbon footprint of commuting compared to running the heating (or AC, they are North American) at home to show that commuting isn't that bad, perhaps.
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Would be interesting to see the figures! Though for me it was 35 miles in a car followed by 5 on a bus.
They also had a competition where people could enter their best ideas for how the company could be more green. The top prize was a return trip to Tokyo...
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Given the AC is already running in the office id think from home still wins.
mmccarthy
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It seems like such an odd one for people to get into arguments over too. Some people prefer working in the office, some people from home, some like a bit of both. So, why not just let the workers choose and everyone wins?
My last place had a 2 day in office mandate after lockdowns lifted. Few people came in more than 2 days. So any time you were having a meeting, it was a bunch of people in a meeting room and a bunch on Zoom. The worst of both worlds!
And of course they were making a big thing about their green credentials, while unnecessarily asking people to commute into the office when they'd just spent the past 2 years doing the same job from home.
My current workplace thankfully is pretty flexible that way, some people are fully remote, some are in the office a few days a week. Nobody really cares as long as the work gets done. Thankfully the owners seem to be mature enough to not care about the office theatrics around appearing busy.