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Workers are Resisting Calls to Return to Offices - Slashdot (it.slashdot.org)

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America's return-to-office has been a "lagging return," reports the Washington Post: Even with millions of workers across the country being asked to return to their cubicles, office occupancy has been relatively static for the past year. The country's top 10 metropolitan areas averaged 47.2 percent...

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

(aka water cooler moments)

When I was in charge of my department, pre-covid, the entire team was spread out between half in various different offices, half WFH (including me). We have always been remote from each other.

One of the things I did was create a chat room called "Watercooler," specifically for this purpose.