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[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 month ago (53 children)

Why the fuck would any office worker whose job is 100% on a computer need to be in an office? I don't understand why companies want to pay for all of that electricity and real estate just to make people sit in cubicles.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I'll go out on a little limb, it might be sales specific. My company is 100% work from home. All the engineers and product and design work remote, maybe come into the office once a week just because.

The sales team however is strongly encouraged to come in as much as possible. I think it's a morale thing. Sales teams become these weird cults, maybe necessarily. It's really hard to pick up the phone and make a call when you've been rejected 5 times in a row. The teams little ceremonies are designed to help push through that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doing lines in the bathroom is also more fun at the office with your fellow salesmen compared to alone in your home.

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

Like I said, their little ceremonies.

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