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A real estate billionaire said Fridays are ‘dead forever’ for offices, and remote work guru Nick Bloom says he’s right—it’s part of a new 3-part week

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Fuck that, it's all about the 1 part week. The 1 part where we work from home.
- Definitely need a second part where you don't work.
  
  Indeed.
Found a Yahoo version without paywall:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/real-estate-billionaire-said-fridays-201315351.html
I kinda liked coming in at the end of the week now instead of middle of the week...less people in the office leads to less distractions and less traffic too, but school is starting soon so well see how bad that screws up the commute...
- And ideally this is how it should work to maximize usefulness of the space...oh, everyone else is gone on Fridays, I'll come in Friday instead of Tuesday
  Still coming in 3 days a week except now everyone is happier
  
  Except the justification for forcing people back to offiices is to socialize and collaborate in-person. It defeats the purpose if you're showing up when everyone else isn't around (assuming management justifications are genuine).
- Same for me too! Every part but going in to the office. No people to distract me at home. Less traffic without a commute. Oh and this is not just Fridays, it's every day I don't go in to the office.
I don’t even show up for work on Friday, I have better things to do
Nobody has noticed yet
- Most people could probably find a day or two of where they aren't asked anything by anyone and could just leave without consequence.
  And if anyone asks, tell them you had a meeting. Nobody really cares.
First up as an appetizer its land-lords who own office parks.
Fuck offices. If a teams meeting or email will suffice then why push for face to face ? If you want better collab with workers then use different methods.
Most folk aren't as happy when you steal 2 hours out of their day.
Reducing those on the roads helps everyone. Less pollution for all and less full roads. Push to utilize cafes and other areas near workers to help out local businesses and stop propping up conglomerates.
They don't help humanity and actively work against us.
When it comes to the four day work week, the smart folks pick Wednesday.
- I did that in the 90's. My boss and our director f'ing hated it. I missed the most awful meetings, missed the worst day of commute, got to miss the occasional lunches. It was bliss. That was before Boeing started letting us work from home a decade later.
Paywalled
I go in 5 days a week because my Internet is slow. My office has maybe 30% of the office in with different people different days. Friday is maybe 10% or less and I find myself walking onto dark floors.
- Dude! Buy better internet!
  
  When you live in the country it's all slow.
I'll just keep working from home EVERY day, and not getting a bunch of covid, colds, and flus from being jammed into small office spaces with a bunch of other people at once, thanks.

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