I would like to see a government sponsored campaign on the benefits of working at home. I feel like most employers are counting the seconds until they can bring us back in? "You can All come back to the office! I bet you have been waiting for this? Marg had a baby over Covid? We increased the lux rat of our office lighting--yea! Jerry Suckup made assistant to the assistant manager, but this is on a probationary basis. Gas up the jalopy, and come in! Oh yea, we have a new facial recognition system instead of a punch clock. Those kooky tech guys?"

The benifits I see:

1. No commute. (Getting cars off the road is good for global warming?) And my sanity when I do need to go somewhere.

2. More sleep.

3. Less busy work to keep some middle manager happy.

4. Happier employee.

5. I have no clue over productivity.

negatives:

1. I guess schmoozing is important for some people. I did make most of my younger self's friends at work because we were both at the same lousy job?

2. Some people find office banter comradery important for their mental health? I used to be one of those people, but would happily give up a little socialization for more sleep, and less hrs driving.

If the government spent some tax money on a campaign to keep workers home, if the job was doable at home, I would be behind it.

I wouldn't even mind if they gave credits to employers who didn't drag their employees into a office.

Frame the promotion over Global Warming, and not employee satisfaction. We all know employees are way down on the list of what they care about, but a tax credit, and some kind of carbon rebate whatnot might keep many of us home? And less cars on the road. In my county, it seemed like everyone went out and bought a second car. Traffic is back to unbearable in the Bay Area.

And you have zero moral qualms about this behavior at all?

You are proving the conservative belief in welfare queens.