Me and a colleague have been asked to migrate from being remote to being 2 days a week in office. All of our coworkers in our teams are abroad, and we don’t have meetings in office. When asked if there was leniency, we were told it would be under a ‘gentleman’s agreement’, and when asked if we could subsidise our travel costs, we’re told it would come out of pocket. That would be fine if it was 1 day a fortnight or something, but travelling 80 miles to the nearest office, on 4 hours of trains just to sit there, do my job like normal, and not be compensated for the travel is just stupid.

We’ve both handed in our notices and gotten fully remote permanent positions at a different biz. Too many corps living in their blissful past of office culture and water cooler chats. 99% of digital offices are redundant.

GigaChad energy. Loving the work-life balance on show - Nothing better than minimal squares filled on Sat / Sun 😜

100%.

This year I learned loyalty in the wrong places costs more than it's worth. I've gone through a 57% payrise for my role (Same skillset, same tech stack, same experience level), garunteed remote and more benefits by jumping ship and getting a role at a different company (Previous was a massive mega corp).

The real nail in the coffin was my prior employer couldn't even give me the decency of a counteroffer.

Fuck staying at a mega corp for 5+ years.

2022 is the year I wipe the slate clean, refine my learning and to grow even more.

+1 - Saving for later!

@aviophile have done, multiple times. No luck. Just get told "we're looking into it" and shoved off - If it weren't for COVID at least I could lie on their desks in peaceful protest...

@aviophile the React Engineers were the friends we made along the way.

@WhatDaCode sad thing is, this is at a major global company, and even have my manager and my manager's boss behind pushing this further... Yet HR still does nothing! I swear I'd get faster responses from a fucking brick 🙄