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THE ONLY BLACK GUY IN THE OFFICE
Some Nonnegotiable Rules for Reopening the Office
Demands? Nah. But if you want me back at a desk, call them ‘action items.’
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Like many of us, I initially expected the shift to mass remote work to be a short-lived adjustment — four to six weeks of working from home, just enough time to make an office return feel refreshing. Now, almost eight months later, it’s hard to imagine ever going back.
The thought of commuting to work again hadn’t even crossed my mind until my company’s leadership sent an email to the staff announcing that they were working on the decision of when to reopen the office in 2021. The planning seems premature, if you ask me, especially with Covid-19 cases spiking all over again (and this time pretty much everywhere). The suits are thinking two or three quarters ahead, which I get; I just hope they’re thinking realistically about the future of office life because some serious shit gotta change if they hope to see me IRL.
I used to love a catered lunch — one of the great perks of modern corporate culture. Now, the last…
