Re: Depends on your co-workers
I've worked in an office where the guy on the next desk seemed to think it's OK to make a snorting sound every couple of minutes. To call that distracting would be an understatement. The winter sniffles is one thing, but this was seriously horrible. Brings to mind Lovely Soft Filly advert from the 90s.
Once you hear that noise, you can't stop noticing it and it's a serious drain on productivity.
This is just one example of why I've spent ZERO days in the office in the last year.
Of course we have Snort Cancelling Headphones nowadays, but if you keep them on all day what's the point on being in the office?
I do miss the banter, and I think my family would like me to take my coffee break banter back to the office, but on balance I think I strongly prefer WFH. Happy to go in once a month or maybe even once or twice a week if pushed, or longer for "project kick off" as I can see the value in that.
So, that's Amazon off my list of potential gigs in the future, which is frankly their loss.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
