Half of London Companies plan for remote working 5 days a week

[Whorty]

Ladies, gentlemen and boomers. We have a new rhetoric.

Older workers planning to work from home permanently are selfishly risking the development of young people

Somehow agree that limited human interraction might reduce the motivation and development of cognitive processes.

but I thought nobody gives a flying f about younger generation. Not so long ago they were being blamed for spreading covid, front page facing news: IT IS THEM!

anyway, I am biting my tongue not to upset other people around here.

The Boomer Bogeyman strikes again


Although I'd guess we're all Gen X on here so you may want to change your bogeyman

[SueEllen]

The Boomer Bogeyman strikes again


Although I'd guess we're all Gen X on here so you may want to change your bogeyman

There are some boomers on this forum and Gen Ys who aren't moaners.

Also some later Gen Xers aren't as well off as you, as they were the first who paid uni tuition fees but they aren't moaners.

[SueEllen]

Ladies, gentlemen and boomers. We have a new rhetoric.

Older workers planning to work from home permanently are selfishly risking the development of young people

Somehow agree that limited human interraction might reduce the motivation and development of cognitive processes.

but I thought nobody gives a flying f about younger generation. Not so long ago they were being blamed for spreading covid, front page facing news: IT IS THEM!

anyway, I am biting my tongue not to upset other people around here.

I'm related to and know younger workers who are happy to work at home and don't want to return to the office.

They do however want to go out and about, and travel.

This is because they are aware of working for a company being transitory so don't rely on their colleagues for their social life.

[ladymuck]

The Boomer Bogeyman strikes again


Although I'd guess we're all Gen X on here so you may want to change your bogeyman

I think there's a few Boomers still clinging on

I am inclined to agree that WFH doesn't help younger entrants into the workplace. There's lots of on the job training that you miss out on, overheard conversations, etc.

I remember when I got my first proper job and it was in an open plan office with the managers sitting in their own offices around the outside edge. Us grunts (me being the baby of the bunch) all had our own specific jobs but I could have asked any one of them for help on demand. I learnt a heck of a lot about office politics, areas of the business that I didn't directly work with, who was sleeping with whom (the company was rife for that), and got the opportunity to build relationships with a whole heap of people that I would never have met had my job been 100% WFH. It stood me in good stead when I took over from my manager to run the small department I was in. I could walk into the CEO's office and demand a signature because I knew them and their PA.

It depends on your role and position within the company but I do think being in the office is crucial to early career development. Now I'm an old crotchety windbag, no-one needs to see me in office

[SueEllen]

I think there's a few Boomers still clinging on

I am inclined to agree that WFH doesn't help younger entrants into the workplace. There's lots of on the job training that you miss out on, overheard conversations, etc.

I remember when I got my first proper job and it was in an open plan office with the managers sitting in their own offices around the outside edge. Us grunts (me being the baby of the bunch) all had our own specific jobs but I could have asked any one of them for help on demand. I learnt a heck of a lot about office politics, areas of the business that I didn't directly work with, who was sleeping with whom (the company was rife for that), and got the opportunity to build relationships with a whole heap of people that I would never have met had my job been 100% WFH. It stood me in good stead when I took over from my manager to run the small department I was in. I could walk into the CEO's office and demand a signature because I knew them and their PA.

It depends on your role and position within the company but I do think being in the office is crucial to early career development. Now I'm an old crotchety windbag, no-one needs to see me in office

I actually learnt a lot in my second proper job by travelling home with a group of colleagues who were at different levels.

Another job I had I just hung around with the smokers.....

[Whorty]

I think there's a few Boomers still clinging on

I am inclined to agree that WFH doesn't help younger entrants into the workplace. There's lots of on the job training that you miss out on, overheard conversations, etc.

I remember when I got my first proper job and it was in an open plan office with the managers sitting in their own offices around the outside edge. Us grunts (me being the baby of the bunch) all had our own specific jobs but I could have asked any one of them for help on demand. I learnt a heck of a lot about office politics, areas of the business that I didn't directly work with, who was sleeping with whom (the company was rife for that), and got the opportunity to build relationships with a whole heap of people that I would never have met had my job been 100% WFH. It stood me in good stead when I took over from my manager to run the small department I was in. I could walk into the CEO's office and demand a signature because I knew them and their PA.

It depends on your role and position within the company but I do think being in the office is crucial to early career development. Now I'm an old crotchety windbag, no-one needs to see me in office

I'm not defending WFH .... I'd much rather be in the office too with colleagues ... it's the constant blaming of one generation for the perceived ills of the other that's funny. It's almost like each generation hasn't blamed the previous generation, and these millennials are special somehow.

[ladymuck]

I'm not defending WFH .... I'd much rather be in the office too with colleagues ... it's the constant blaming of one generation for the perceived ills of the other that's funny. It's almost like each generation hasn't blamed the previous generation, and these millennials are special somehow.

I know I should have separated my first sentence from the rest of my waffle but was too lazy

[SueEllen]

it's the constant blaming of one generation for the perceived ills of the other that's funny. It's almost like each generation hasn't blamed the previous generation, and these millennials are special somehow.

No it is tedious when the same poster does it again and again and again and again.....

[LondonManc]

I'm related to and know younger workers who are happy to work at home and don't want to return to the office.

They do however want to go out and about, and travel.

This is because they are aware of working for a company being transitory so don't rely on their colleagues for their social life.

It's not about the social side, it's professional development. It's a lot harder to inspire the next from your own home.

[GigiBronz]

No it is tedious when the same poster does it again and again and again and again.....

think I am running out of ideas. And it still seems to stir up people so slightly fun. But in reality I don't have any feelings towards that generation. Most of my problems are because of myself. I need a hobby.