'I also realize now how much of white-collar work is spent perpetuating a culture. Many methods and habits are unnecessary, from business travel and endless meetings to day-long team building exercises.'
Photo: PeopleImages/Getty Images This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo extended New York’s stay-at-home order through May 28 for regions in the state that have not met certain criteria for coronavirus decline — including New York City, its suburbs, and the Buffalo region.
How has the pandemic made you think differently about work? “Perhaps, I have become indifferent to work. Work, now, is just work. Working from home has helped me realize how much I resent the instructiveness of work and that I resent how much my employer owns my time and my thoughts. And, certainly, the separation between work and home has all but disappeared. Zoom meetings have resulted in staff members and others being in my home — uninvited.
“It’s only reinforced how I felt about work. I believe work culture only exists to push young people like myself to pour all our energy into being productive, leaving us too strung out to pursue other ventures. The people protesting to go back to work only confirms this fact.” “I work in a city where my company is not headquartered. Company-wide work-from-home mandate has opened a lot of opportunities that were once only considered if you were willing to relocate to headquarters. At the same time, it is hard to focus on getting ahead in my career when the world seems to be crumbling around me.”
“I am happy to have discovered that I’m fully able to do my job remotely, without much of a dent in productivity. I also realize now how much of white-collar work is spent perpetuating a culture. Many methods and habits are unnecessary, from business travel and endless meetings to day-long team building exercises. I’ve never felt more connected to my colleagues than I do now, in spite of interacting with them one-tenth the amount I used to.
“I am a casino dealer, so this pandemic has really made me incredibly uneasy about returning to work. I make so much contact with so many people every day, and I don’t have health insurance. Nor do I have the trust that my employer wouldn’t fire me for having the temerity to not come to work because I caught a life-threatening virus in their establishment.
“Work has been something to latch onto during this time, to keep my brain occupied. At the same time my particular job has never felt less essential, though I’m working harder than ever. I stare at a screen all day, and it’s hard to view that as important when actual lives are at stake.” “I was already contemplating early retirement. Ironically, if this paves the way to permit more remote work, I might stay in my current work situation. The work is not bad, but having a job, plus excellent benefits, minus a commute — that’s pretty tough to walk away from in 2020.”
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