Had to go into the office today to clean out all my stuff. They are making everyone do it on a staggered schedule. The white shoe boys are up to something but no one knows what exactly. Right before the crud happened they ripped out our cubicles that were naturally socially distanced and put in that open landscape shit where you pack as many dudes as possible at a table like below:
It was basically a vat for virus and bacteria. One theory is that they are gonna rearrange that shit in a socially distant manner and make people come in for two days a week. The other leading theory is that they are just gonna bag it and try and sell all that stuff and just leave us at home forever more. Productivity has been way, way up this past year as guys seem to be working during the time they would have been commuting and sick days are way down [like 85%] as you don't have a pack of dudes at a table coughing and gacking on each other.
I'd imagine the local governments are putting the heat on companies to get folks back as it is a revenue hit - less commuting is less gas tax revenue, less sales tax on shit like tires and auto wear and tear plus less sales tax from lunch joints.
About 5 years back I attended a building manager's convention (believe me, I was a little surprised there was such a thing as well.) One of the seminars was about how the open office concept and unassigned work spaces were going to revolutionize the workplace. After all, everybody just loves not having their own desk and sharing a chair with the rest of the world.
I assume your "white shoe boys" may have attended the same mind numbing seminar. Only they were unable to resist embracing the "workplace of tomorrow."
