Soooo, I got laid off from my job in March of this year. It sucks but its whatever. I had kind of gotten tired of working their anyway. They hired too many people to do a job that couldn’t have been easier if you knew what you were doing. It was very slow at times, and I didn’t like when they started making us come into the office on a “Hybrid” schedule. When will companies realize that if a department or team can do their job effectively remotely/working from home, you should allow them to do so. The employee will be happier, their kids if they have any will be happier, their pets if they have any will be happier and just in general their life will be a lot less difficult by just giving that little leeway. Its going to take the “old breed” to leave the workplace and for the younger generations to get into positions of power to make that become the norm. The people who are managers and directors are people who worked in the workplace probably before there was even email or the internet. They are accustomed to certain things and as is usual of people, they resist change, even if it’s for the better. When some people in my generation and the entirety of the generation after mine get into those positions, things will change for the better and the workplace will take full advantage of the technologies available. They’ll realize we don’t NEED to sit up looking in each others face in person, and that a Teams meeting is perfectly sufficient. That’s why the tech was designed. All an in person meeting adds is the ability to catch the flu or a cold from each other, which in turns adds to missing days of work, etc. Also I remember people working sick at a couple of my jobs because they were at home and able to get setup in a comfortable way where they still were able to get their work done. Coming into the office they would have had to call out. Anyway, the world is bass ackwards and the people in charge make it so. I hope the younger generation can get it right in the future and change the narrative. Maybe they’ll realize that if someone can’t afford a high car note, you don’t charge them more money, but you charge them less, etc. Maybe they’ll realize that people should be paid a wage where they can live comfortably and enjoy some things in life as well, regardless of where they work or what career path they chose. Maybe they’ll realize that a college degree doesn’t equal intelligence, and that there’s a lot of idiots with them, as well as a lot of smart people without them. I hope the future is better than this current state of the world. People who want to change the world need to invest in the children. Til next time.