Admiral Beez
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Sex and drugs. I just need some rock and roll, and my drive is complete
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Admiral Beez
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True, but what's the alternative, just ditch the bike anywhere? I've seen that in Asia and Europe, and its a sidewalk-obstructing mess. Maybe we should get more docks, or have staff available to clear them faster.
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Towered
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Good for you! The squeaky wheel gets the grease. I imagine taking transit for that route would be even more frustrating.
Admiral Beez
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In my career, except for my three years in Fredericton, and a three year stint at Yonge and Lawrence where I could easily take the subway (or walk home during the 2003 Black Out), all my jobs have required extensive commutes from my house in downtown east. That’s included desk jobs in Kitchener, Markham, Port Credit and Vaughan. I just can’t do it anymore, and WFH since Covid demonstrated to both myself and my employer that it’s just not necessary.
I’ll be 55 in 1Q26 and plan to retire at 58. Both my parents died in their late 60s from addictions (nicotine and alcohol/drugs), and while I have no chemical vices, I can’t assume I have three plus decades left. So, out at 58. I’ll then look for something part time that’s walkable from my house. Maybe a barker on one of those open top city tour buses….”and on your left you’ll see a gaggle of junkies fighting over an imagined Twinkie….”
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evandyk
Senior Member
I had a driving commute for about five years and it truly sucked the life out of me. As soon as another decent opportunity came up, I jumped on it. HR called me in for an exit interview and refused to believe that I was basically quitting solely due to the office location.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
I've been going in a lot more lately, exceeding the minimum days my employer requires. I am finding it nice to be in the office with people, but I definitely get much less done in office than I do at home. The commute partially factors into it, since I find myself working more hours at home without the worry of a commute vs. leaving the office at a set time to get home at a reasonable time.
That said, I think my sweet spot is hybrid, and showing up at noon while working from home in the morning has been best for me. This whole 5 days in office with zero flexibility thing that many companies are switching to is BS.
That said, I think my sweet spot is hybrid, and showing up at noon while working from home in the morning has been best for me. This whole 5 days in office with zero flexibility thing that many companies are switching to is BS.
Amare
Senior Member
You and a majority of employees feel and know that their productivity is higher when they dont have to waste their time commuting to the office.
All the corporate management talk of "more productivity" with people in office more is pure BS, nothing more, nothing less. Anyone with a pea for a brain knows that, it's the people who want to grasp onto control who want to make it seem like working from home is oh so unproductive.
evandyk
Senior Member
Walking into the office this morning, the Path is definitely the ghost town it has been on Fridays for the last few years. Love to see it.
Jonny5
Senior Member
I noticed a lot fewer people in the office than even a new-normal Friday today too.
I suspect some are getting that last weekend done at the cottage, or they're digging into those use-it-or-lose-it vacation days before the end of the year. We got that memo from HR there were too many people with large outstanding vacation time balances this year, probably from some "working" from home or somewhere else instead of actually booking a vacation day, and so they said there will be no carryovers of unused days, though they have threatened that before but then don't actually do it, or only remove what's over two weeks left.
Yom Kippur probably also cut down some traffic into the financial district this week.
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evandyk
Senior Member
LOL. I meant to actually write "not the ghost town". It was pretty busy down there at rush hour. I suspect this weekend will be quiet, though.
christiesplits
Senior Member
I heard through the grapevine that my employer might pause our 3 days a week RTO policy during the FIFA World Cup, in anticipation of traffic chaos. I wonder if other employers will do the same?
evandyk
Senior Member
Nobody does any work in Toronto during the World Cup, no matter where it is. I'll be downtown watching the daytime games at the bars and other viewing areas.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
Yeah, traditionally the World Cup host cities 'shut down' for the month. We will see how it plays out here since our culture is sadly anti-fun and not particularly soccer-obsessed.
gabe
Senior Member
We aren't soccer-obsessed because we have better sports to watch in North America. I tried watching soccer, the diving and flopping is just too much for me. Is it a sport or performance art?
afransen
Senior Member
I know what you mean. My employer previously had to ban streaming over the corporate network as it was brought to its knees. Instead they project the games in the cafeteria and a bunch of people pretend to be multitasking with a laptop in front of them while the game is on. I don't really care that much myself, and I usually still have stuff to get done.