White House asks Cabinet agencies to 'aggressively execute' return to in-person work

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20. People have a choice about where they work.

Some people love going in to work because they enjoy the social aspects of it. Some people love working outside. Some people like myself, are neurodiverse and can only concentrate in a specific type of environment (here's a hint, it's not an open plan office).

If people want to work from home, get a job that lets them work from home. Join the union and fight for the option if it's feasible. Don't force other people into an environment that doesn't work for them for "fairness".

I busted my ass and made sacrifices in high school and then I busted my ass and made sacrifices in college and then I busted my ass and made sacrifices in grad school and then I busted my ass and made sacrifices to pay off $80,000 in student loans specifically so that I could have the kind of job that would let me work at home some day. So sorry supermarket checkout kid and plumber who did not do those things, I'm not going to torture myself in an open plan office and commute two hours a day for no reason in the middle of a climate crisis to prevent you having a sad over how unfair it is that I can work from home.

We've all made choices and we can all make different ones if we're not happy about where they landed us. It's not an excuse to remove choice from people who actually need a different situation because other people (who are entirely capable of changing their own situation if they want to) are jealous.