Honest question: why do you care? Don’t you prefer to see your family and friends more than working 8h+commute time? If you think you are working and others are not, why does that bother you? You are getting paid anyway. If you are forced to do extra hours because there are people who don’t do their job, then just say No (if you cannot do that, then you probably want to change of company anyway… they will bite you in some way or another).
If any, remote work has taught me something: I care way less about the companies I work for. I’m a mercenary, I do my job to the best of my knowledge 9-5 and I couldn’t care less what the company does with my work (as long as it’s legal and ethical).
How would you feel if this was not a cushy white collar tech job but a blue collar job involving physical labor? Say people are slacking, not working hard, generally being lazy, while a small group does the majority of the work? Would it be acceptable to care then? I don't see how its any different. Remote work has given the underperformers somewhere to hide, and quite frankly, its not going to help them in the long term.
I agree with you, thanks for the term "mercenary". Was trying to discuss my (different) perspective similar to this with my girlfriend and couldn't find this word
If any, remote work has taught me something: I care way less about the companies I work for. I’m a mercenary, I do my job to the best of my knowledge 9-5 and I couldn’t care less what the company does with my work (as long as it’s legal and ethical).