Post #4364192

2026-08-03 21:08 UTC

Seeing another round of “it turns out that WFH has serious downsides because employees get all their social interaction at work and are getting unhealthy without that” and my first thought is “maybe we should fix that but where people are forced to rely on their jobs for social interaction” rather than “let’s go back to the office”

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@eruonna@lgbtqia.space 2026-08-04 02:51

@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network I'm pretty sure I get more and higher quality social interaction while WFH because I have more time and energy for people I actually choose to interact with.

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@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network 2026-08-03 21:09

I mean, the problem is ultimately that we’ve killed all the healthy non-work social systems and maybe we should fix that rather than go back into the office.

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@cestfleuve@mastodon.nz 2026-08-04 04:57

@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network i think a lot about how i like wfh but i don't like the way people talk about it. wfh can only be healthy in a society where home isn't an isolating place. wfh shouldn't mean staying inside in your sprawling suburb and never seeing people--it should mean when you log off for lunch you can walk to the café on the corner or on the ground floor and get a pastry with a side of a chat, and when you log off at the end of the day you can walk to the local grocer to pick some some fresh veg for dinner.

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@tuv@indieweb.social 2026-08-04 02:26

@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network Sitting at an office desk is an incredibly inefficient way to get some social interaction

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@nomdeb@mstdn.social 2026-08-04 03:26

@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network Also, this is the opposite for introverts. :) I am SO much more efficient working from home - well I was, before I retired.

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