I’m not burned out from the work. I’m burned out from the commute, the wasted time, and the feeling that none of this has a purpose other than making our lives miserable.
The irony is that I actually work fewer hours now than I did before from home. Time I used to spend working in the morning or evening is now spent sitting in traffic. Action items take longer to get done now because time that used to be productive has been replaced with commuting, and honestly I just don’t care as much anymore because I don’t feel valued at all.
Everything here just feels completely backwards.
We sell connectivity. Our entire business is built around connecting people from anywhere. Yet internally, we act like work can only happen if everyone is sitting in an office building. Why was it acceptable for decades before Covid, but is no longer? Why are we the only one in the industry doing 5 days and still in dead last place?
Nothing inspires confidence in your own products quite like refusing to rely on them yourselves. If the technology we sell every day isn’t good enough for our own workforce, what message does that send?
This policy hasn’t made me more engaged or productive, if anything it’s done the opposite. It’s just made me more tired and less likely to do any more than the bare minimum.
I guess Loyalty is dead goes both ways… who could have guessed it??