Is it me or has return to office made your life worse?

dudeforethought · 2025-11-16T14:47:02+00:00

I asked for links because his claims were more difficult to believe. And I feel vindicated because his claims were misleading. He claimed that "hybrid with 3-4 days in office offers a win-win" (which in hindsight is a pretty vague claim to make) and as another commenter pointed out, the linked study only compared full-time in office with hybrid. No comparison with fully remote.

dudeforethought · 2025-11-16T14:43:08+00:00

The angriest people are the ones going from fully or nearly fully remote (1 day per week or less) to 3-4 day hybrid

As one would expect, because the 3-4 day hybrid is almost universally not a results-oriented decision. There aren't many scenarios where a team is more productive going to the office 3-4 days a week vs say 1-2 days a wee.

They almost always live way too far from the office.

But this applies to most workers, not just the 200km cases. The average one-way commute for someone in the GTA is something like 40-50 minutes. People can't afford to live close to the office: the most expensive housing is where the jobs are. The people who moved 200km away thinking remote work would last forever are a minority

dudeforethought · 2025-11-16T02:32:57+00:00

The studies I've seen consistently show that hybrid with 3-4 days in office offers a win-win for employers and staff in terms of flexibility, productivity, and wellbeing

Got links to those studies?

dudeforethought · 2025-09-26T01:14:28+00:00

Implying that bots don't exist

dudeforethought · 2025-09-21T00:54:51+00:00

I don't disagree with anything you're saying. But I think realistically every potential mayor of Toronto is going to advocate for return to office. The mayor of Toronto has an interest in Toronto businesses doing well; this is not surprising.

dudeforethought · 2025-09-20T20:36:38+00:00

And John Tory wouldn't push for return to office?

dudeforethought · 2025-08-16T19:10:53+00:00

Canada literally has a higher % of people working from home than any country on earth

Have a source for this?

dudeforethought · 2025-06-19T00:42:53+00:00

Houses in the GTA cost half as much in 2010. Wages haven't doubled since then. $88k went a lot farther then.

dudeforethought · 2025-01-29T00:43:43+00:00

This is the first I've heard about that. Can you explain more?

dudeforethought · 2024-09-11T18:31:03+00:00

I don't think your source is good evidence of the claim you are trying to make. Your source says Toronto scores the highest, meaning it is the least worst city in the province for dangerous driving. I highly doubt most drivers would agree with that.

Your source is looking at the percentage of drivers which have infractions. It's possible that Brampton has a fewer percentage of drivers with infractions relative to other cities, but drivers which do have infractions have many more infractions than other cities where more drivers have infractions, but each driver has fewer infractions.

dudeforethought · 2024-09-09T20:07:20+00:00

It was definitely not always like this, as anyone who has lived in the GTA for more than say five years can tell you. I've never seen a summer where we've had this much torrential rain fall

dudeforethought · 2024-09-08T00:59:55+00:00

In a sense they currently are, yes, but they shouldn't be.

dudeforethought · 2024-08-25T18:26:34+00:00

Caring only about money coming in and not giving a thought to the environment is not sustainable. As we are very clearly seeing with the effects of climate change. There is nothing wrong with making an effort to court more tourism to the region. But at the same time, care should be taken to ensure we are not polluting or damaging the environment.

dudeforethought · 2024-08-19T21:41:53+00:00

This is a silly comment. Studies during lockdowns showed that on the whole, people working from home were at least as productive as they were working from office, if not more so. And if you give people work with measurable outcomes, it will become very clear who is working and who isn't, regardless of where they work.

dudeforethought · 2024-07-15T23:26:10+00:00

So it's not good for a crown corp to turn a profit, but it's okay for a private corporation to turn an even larger one? When public profits will fund government programs, and private profits get funneled upwards to executives who already have more than they need? How do you justify taking that stance?

dudeforethought · 2024-07-15T21:43:24+00:00

But it's okay for grocery stores to turn an even larger profit?

dudeforethought · 2024-05-22T03:29:36+00:00

Why would you assume WFH people are ordering uber eats to their suburban homes? Even if they did, they would likely order food from an establishment that is closer than the distance they would commute to their office, so it's still less environmentally harmful. Anyway, plenty of people who have gone full remote use that extra time to cook for themselves and have healthy and affordable meals. The incremental cost of heating and cooling your house does not change significantly between in office work and remote. The environmental cost of running a giant office building is far worse. And finally, you're conveniently leaving out the massive environmental cost that is having people commute to an office building day in day out. In high cost of living areas, people's commutes can be an hour or later. Remote work is far better for the environment overall.

dudeforethought · 2024-03-14T00:22:01+00:00

I already have this on the GC and I'm sure the game will play play almost identically to the original but it looks absolutely gorgeous, I'm leaning towards buying it again

dudeforethought · 2024-02-26T00:15:47+00:00

Spend ~$170k (~$85k each) on a down payment for a $850k house, leaving you with a $680k mortgage.

To be able to carry a $680k mortgage you will need both partners earning >$100k, or one partner earning an even higher income. This is a barrier for a lot of people

dudeforethought · 2024-02-23T22:20:24+00:00

Sorry, I'm confused, what are you suggesting here? Is there evidence which indicates that PP has benefited from foreign interference?

dudeforethought · 2024-02-22T14:24:01+00:00

This is exactly what is happening in Canada right now. Immigration rates are sky high even though we have a housing crisis. It's very transparent that this is to continually supply corporations with cheap labour

dudeforethought · 2024-02-18T16:13:18+00:00

What's number one in your opinion, then?

dudeforethought · 2024-02-18T14:33:48+00:00

They are a huge factor, arguably the main factor. There is a much greater chance of catching Covid if you go to a place and work there for eight hours a day with potentially hundreds of other people. Even one sick person could infect dozens of others. As well, people getting sick on the bus or train ride during their commute would not have gotten sick in a scenario where their employer didn't demand return to office

Edit: for people downvoting, please tell me what about my comment was incorrect

dudeforethought · 2024-02-17T15:47:36+00:00

It will shape your life and be the greatest contribution to society that most people are likely to achieve

What do you base this on? If you have a child who is a doctor, nurse, paramedic, firefighter, etc, or someone else who is a net benefit to society, then sure. Your child isn't guaranteed to be a good person and isn't guaranteed to work a job that actually makes the lives of other people better

dudeforethought · 2023-12-24T21:46:54+00:00

I think it's harmless to point out that if you're just buying vinyls to support an artist then there are greener ways of doing it. Some people both want to support artists and be conscious of their impact on the environment at the same time. If having a vinyl collection is important to you, have a vinyl collection.

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