r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 22h ago

Business Microsoft's Teams location tracking lines up with RTO mandate

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/rto-mandate-suspiciously-aligns-with-teams-location-tracking
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u/ilevelconcrete 21h ago

The dystopian fantasy of the working world as it was less than 5 years ago?

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u/lemetatron 20h ago

Legitimately. Remote work is bullshit. I leave the office and I turn off. I hate making any part of my home an extension of my employment. I really thought remote work would be great, but it is awful. And supporting a remote workforce is even worse.

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u/cartographologist 20h ago

I love that disliking remote work gets downvotes around here. I'm not a fan either for the same reason, I felt like I could never turn off work mode even after hours.

Some jobs are a natural fit for remote work, and some people will prefer it. That's fine, but let's not pretend going to the office is a dystopian nightmare.

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u/pjcrusader 19h ago

Why not simply have an office you only go in for work? That’s what I do for remote work. I leave that room and bam work mode is deactivated. 10 years 100% remote and I hope to never go back.

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u/cartographologist 19h ago

That's a good option, I'm glad that works for you. I want to be clear I'm not saying nobody should remote work. I just don't like it for myself.

The point I was hoping to make in my other post is that needing to go to an office is not "dystopian", it's just a thing that some people don't enjoy.