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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Eats, the Frend Show, Good Morning on the radio, and
the iHeart app as well search for the Frend Show
on demand. Working remotely has saved the average New York
City employee three hundred and thirty one hours a week.
Think about that for a minute. Three hundred and thirty
one hours a week saved by not having to commute
in New York. The lowest is South Dakota one hundred
(00:22):
and forty five hours a week. But still that's a
lot of time that you're not doing whatever is required
for having to get to and from work to and fro.
Research shows a working from home saves time at different
parts of the US. In the Midwest they saved the least.
New Yorkers saved the most. Workers in India, for example,
one hundred and ninety six hours. This is per year.
(00:45):
This is per year, and that week that'd be a lot.
It's twenty four times seventh. No, this doesn't work for
a year still though, No, I did the math. Though,
it's like, what is that I did the math earlier.
It's a lot of hours a week. Yeah, it's very precise.
I could do the math. Rufio. I was actually thinking,
as I said, per week I'm like, hold on, I'm
(01:05):
over here. Yeah, Like, how many eight is like three
hundred hours a week? There are three other three hundred
a week. It saves you all the week. One sixty
eight fooled me? What is one sixty eight twenty four
time seven? Oh okay, no, I was I was wondering.
So divide three thirty one by fifty one, uh fifty two?
Uh whatever? Six six and a half okay, So six
(01:27):
and a half hours a week. That's still a lot.
That's not three thirty one, but it's uh, we sound
like totally I sound like a total idiot this morning.
It's a lot. It's a lot of time that you're
saving not having to drive to work every single day.
But yet most places are making people start to come
back to work. Now Here, we thought we had this
work from home efficiency down and it was like, oh, well,
we'll never have to go back because look we we
(01:49):
we've made it this far. And now it's a lot
of businesses I think this one included, are like, no,
you should come back in and people don't like it.
The other funny thing is a lot of businesses have
downsized significantly. They're their workspace and then they want everyone
to come back, even on certain days, and they don't
have room for everybody, so well that's not going to work.
So now I've heard that certain businesses are expanding again.
(02:10):
They're like adding floors and stuff because it's like, well,
we may have overcorrected and now we want everyone to
come together. And the management argument is that there's a
collaboration that happens when we're all together in a room
that wouldn't happen otherwise. Do we agree, yes, So if
you were I mean, we've come in this whole time.
We never stopped. That's why I agree the whole pandemic.
(02:33):
We never stopped coming to work like everybody else whatever.
But if you were somebody who's been working from home
five days a week, Kiki, and they said you've got
to come back in three days a week, you'd be
okay with them.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
It depends on the job. It really depends on the job.
Like I was in the digital department before I got
on the show with you, and as a digital person,
you need to be here, you need to shoot content,
you need to do things. Now, when I was in
the commercials department and all I was doing was putting
commercials on a log and looking at the wall here
you can look at anybody'll look at the while at home,
So yeah, I don't need to be here. Yeah, ok yeah,
(03:05):
so they should you know, should be up to the
discretion of the department heads. And if it makes sense,
let people stay at home. Companies don't want to pay
you what you probably should be paid for your job,
so the at least you can do is let me
save money on my commute. M hmm.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's not too much to ask, like, but I mean, okay,
so now that we got the math right, it only
took about ten minutes to work this out, carry the
one and then we you know, we wrote it all down.
So basically in New York, if you consider five days
a week, that's over an hour a day that you
would get back. That's pretty good quality of life. I mean,
plus not to mention the stress. I'm actually surprised though
(03:40):
it's not higher in like a Chicago or Los Angeles,
which isn't included here because I mean, especially now, people
hour and a half each way on the road. Yeah,
and I mean can you imagine like and people listening
to us right now. I mean that's one thing about
getting up early. We don't have far to go, but
and there's not much traffic on the road. But I mean,
if I I don't know that, I would rather stay
(04:02):
at home not to have to sit in traffic an
hour and a half each way. I mean, I don't
know how people do it. I love that you do
because you have to listen to us, your captive audience.
But that's got a weigh on you over time. Yeah,
especially I gave I've been doing it for like what
two years?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Is you know what I mean? You've been working from
home and now you're going back into this transition. My
best friend does a hybrid role, and I love that
because it's like, I think, two days at home, three
days in the office.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I think he loves it. I love it. I think
it's great. I love it for him.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, because I think you then get out of the
house and that kind of like helps you.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Some people may disagree, but it's like that mental health
aspect of like, you know, getting out and like seeing
humans interacting and not just not just you in the
laptop all day.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
That's my opinion. The other funny thing is most people
I know who worked or worked from home will tell
you they got more done and did more than they
do in the office. It's the reason I don't hang
around this place m because I get nothing done here.
I mean, Rufio' is like, oh, I'm here till four o'clock.
Every them. I'm like, dude, how many bowls and cup
of noodles did you eat?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Right?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Four? That's what I'm saying. Like you know, with everybody,
you know this and that, and before long it's like, oh,
I didn't get anything done. No, that's very true.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
When I worked from home, I felt like I worked
non stop, Like it was I was checking that laptop
every day all day. That little tune is still stuck
in my head, the team's call tune.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's still there. Yeah. Yeah, what a nightmare. We tried
to do our show remotely for like two days and
we all said, no, COVID is better. Yeah it was.
It was chaotic. Yeah, But I just for the people
who do have the commute. I feel for you and
thank you for listening to us. And I think that's
our only utility. I think that's all that's left for us,
(05:45):
is to keep people company on the commute. That's all
that we can offer you that nobody else can and
and math very good, math and very good. I read
good as you can tell. Hey, Liz, good morning, Good
morning you guys. Hif you're going back to the office
for the first time in three.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Months, this is the first time only because I'm getting
lunch with a friend. Otherwise, I wrote. I work remoute
five days a week, and for months my bosses have
been telling me that I need to go into the office.
I have no obligation go in there though I have
no manager to watch me. My manager works remote from
Michigan and her boss works like my entire team the
remainder of them are in New York, and I still
(06:25):
have to come in because it looks good for the company.
So I'm just so dumbfounded. What exactly is so like
important for me to come in when I literally work
a lot longer working from like from home than I
do in the office. I'm going to go in there
and probably talk to everybody because everybody wants to catch up,
and then like I won't even get like anything done
(06:46):
that I would have when I like would have been
at home.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, yeah, so you're needless to say you're a little
resentful about this.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Oh, absolutely, Yeah, It's like a waste of time, like
for who just to show face and make people like
like the managers and like I had honchos look good.
This is so stupid. I ended up paying like a
student loan because we work from home. Like that's like
like ten grand I was be able to pay it off,
and like that's where I see like the benefit and
like I'm starting to save up money now, like saying,
(07:14):
God was like in this economy, like woman millennial is
like able to do anything. And so now I'm just
kind of like why do this. I'm like saving money.
I'm being productive, like you know, I'm doing my work.
Otherwise you would have fired me by now.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Right, Well, that's the thing we're not talking about the cost.
Starting with the cost. I mean, I don't know how
much you know gas it takes you to drive to work,
but that's you know, think about that, right, yeah, to
your point about it.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
And one thing, if you go out the clothes either
like you save money. I have no idea what to
wear into the office, and I have to make this
decision in like twenty minutes. I dress like a Homeland
person every day and like now I'm like having to
go in and work like and like look business casual.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
But good point.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
I don't even know how to address thissiness casual anymore?
Like where are the kids wearing these days? I don't
freaking know.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Wow, hey, Liz, well, thank you for you know, listening
to us at least. And and we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Oh, I appreciate it too.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Have a good day, like man be able to have
to go back to working, Like, please go back to work.
Actually right, we need the ratings, we really, we really
need the ratings. I William, Hi, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (08:22):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Hey? And ladies and ladies, Yes, so you're you're on
your way back to word today.
Speaker 5 (08:31):
I am on my way back into the office. But
I was just going to make the comparison that, you know,
I work in sales, so it's like before before the pandemic,
I'd have to get up an hour before work. You
got to press my clothes iron things, drive forty five
minutes into the office, sitting in front of a computer.
Working in sales, you can eat. Sales people are over
(08:52):
your back looking for the next sale, and then there's
constant pressure versus working from home. Just became much easier,
easier kind of process, you know, you get up, you
get ready to work, you kind of manage your own time.
Gets a little too stressed, you could take a break
on your own breather. So I think it definitely benefited
the people that are independent and self motivated.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I guess, and thank you William, have a great day man,
thanks for listening to yep. I guess I figured after
three years of people working remotely, or two and a
half or however long it was before they started sort
of peeling that back, I figured that that was just
the way it would be forever, because you know, a
lot of companies figured out how to do it. You
figured it out, you got the technology, we have the
efficiencies now. So I guess I'm surprised we're unwinding that
(09:38):
at this point. Hey, Kate, Hi, Hi, Kate. Commuting an
hour and a half both ways, yikes.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Yeah. So I'm actually I'm a certain teacher, so I
don't even go into an office. I go into a
school every day, but it takes me a really long
time in the morning, and then.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
It takes me like an hour and a half in
the afternoon, and.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I'm expected to like do homework and less employment when
I get home.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
But it's like it's too much.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I'm dead by the time I get home, because.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yeah, I believe in but there's no one. You really
can't do your job without being face to face with folks, right,
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
That's like working at education.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You definitely have to like be in person.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
I can't imagine going back to like teaching remote because no.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Well, okay, thanks for having us on while you do it,
and we love you. Have a good day.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Thank you too.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Bye, Yeah bye, I got more friend show next.
Eats, the Frend Show, Good Morning on the radio, and
the iHeart app as well search for the Frend Show
on demand. Working remotely has saved the average New York
City employee three hundred and thirty one hours a week.
Think about that for a minute. Three hundred and thirty
one hours a week saved by not having to commute
in New York. The lowest is South Dakota one hundred
(00:22):
and forty five hours a week. But still that's a
lot of time that you're not doing whatever is required
for having to get to and from work to and fro.
Research shows a working from home saves time at different
parts of the US. In the Midwest they saved the least.
New Yorkers saved the most. Workers in India, for example,
one hundred and ninety six hours. This is per year.
(00:45):
This is per year, and that week that'd be a lot.
It's twenty four times seventh. No, this doesn't work for
a year still though, No, I did the math. Though,
it's like, what is that I did the math earlier.
It's a lot of hours a week. Yeah, it's very precise.
I could do the math. Rufio. I was actually thinking,
as I said, per week I'm like, hold on, I'm
(01:05):
over here. Yeah, Like, how many eight is like three
hundred hours a week? There are three other three hundred
a week. It saves you all the week. One sixty
eight fooled me? What is one sixty eight twenty four
time seven? Oh okay, no, I was I was wondering.
So divide three thirty one by fifty one, uh fifty two?
Uh whatever? Six six and a half okay, So six
(01:27):
and a half hours a week. That's still a lot.
That's not three thirty one, but it's uh, we sound
like totally I sound like a total idiot this morning.
It's a lot. It's a lot of time that you're
saving not having to drive to work every single day.
But yet most places are making people start to come
back to work. Now Here, we thought we had this
work from home efficiency down and it was like, oh, well,
we'll never have to go back because look we we
(01:49):
we've made it this far. And now it's a lot
of businesses I think this one included, are like, no,
you should come back in and people don't like it.
The other funny thing is a lot of businesses have
downsized significantly. They're their workspace and then they want everyone
to come back, even on certain days, and they don't
have room for everybody, so well that's not going to work.
So now I've heard that certain businesses are expanding again.
(02:10):
They're like adding floors and stuff because it's like, well,
we may have overcorrected and now we want everyone to
come together. And the management argument is that there's a
collaboration that happens when we're all together in a room
that wouldn't happen otherwise. Do we agree, yes, So if
you were I mean, we've come in this whole time.
We never stopped. That's why I agree the whole pandemic.
(02:33):
We never stopped coming to work like everybody else whatever.
But if you were somebody who's been working from home
five days a week, Kiki, and they said you've got
to come back in three days a week, you'd be
okay with them.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
It depends on the job. It really depends on the job.
Like I was in the digital department before I got
on the show with you, and as a digital person,
you need to be here, you need to shoot content,
you need to do things. Now, when I was in
the commercials department and all I was doing was putting
commercials on a log and looking at the wall here
you can look at anybody'll look at the while at home,
So yeah, I don't need to be here. Yeah, ok yeah,
(03:05):
so they should you know, should be up to the
discretion of the department heads. And if it makes sense,
let people stay at home. Companies don't want to pay
you what you probably should be paid for your job,
so the at least you can do is let me
save money on my commute. M hmm.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
That's not too much to ask, like, but I mean, okay,
so now that we got the math right, it only
took about ten minutes to work this out, carry the
one and then we you know, we wrote it all down.
So basically in New York, if you consider five days
a week, that's over an hour a day that you
would get back. That's pretty good quality of life. I mean,
plus not to mention the stress. I'm actually surprised though
(03:40):
it's not higher in like a Chicago or Los Angeles,
which isn't included here because I mean, especially now, people
hour and a half each way on the road. Yeah,
and I mean can you imagine like and people listening
to us right now. I mean that's one thing about
getting up early. We don't have far to go, but
and there's not much traffic on the road. But I mean,
if I I don't know that, I would rather stay
(04:02):
at home not to have to sit in traffic an
hour and a half each way. I mean, I don't
know how people do it. I love that you do
because you have to listen to us, your captive audience.
But that's got a weigh on you over time. Yeah,
especially I gave I've been doing it for like what
two years?
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Is you know what I mean? You've been working from
home and now you're going back into this transition. My
best friend does a hybrid role, and I love that
because it's like, I think, two days at home, three
days in the office.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I think he loves it. I love it. I think
it's great. I love it for him.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yeah, because I think you then get out of the
house and that kind of like helps you.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Some people may disagree, but it's like that mental health
aspect of like, you know, getting out and like seeing
humans interacting and not just not just you in the
laptop all day.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
That's my opinion. The other funny thing is most people
I know who worked or worked from home will tell
you they got more done and did more than they
do in the office. It's the reason I don't hang
around this place m because I get nothing done here.
I mean, Rufio' is like, oh, I'm here till four o'clock.
Every them. I'm like, dude, how many bowls and cup
of noodles did you eat?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Right?
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Four? That's what I'm saying. Like you know, with everybody,
you know this and that, and before long it's like, oh,
I didn't get anything done. No, that's very true.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
When I worked from home, I felt like I worked
non stop, Like it was I was checking that laptop
every day all day. That little tune is still stuck
in my head, the team's call tune.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
It's still there. Yeah. Yeah, what a nightmare. We tried
to do our show remotely for like two days and
we all said, no, COVID is better. Yeah it was.
It was chaotic. Yeah, But I just for the people
who do have the commute. I feel for you and
thank you for listening to us. And I think that's
our only utility. I think that's all that's left for us,
(05:45):
is to keep people company on the commute. That's all
that we can offer you that nobody else can and
and math very good, math and very good. I read
good as you can tell. Hey, Liz, good morning, Good
morning you guys. Hif you're going back to the office
for the first time in three.
Speaker 4 (06:03):
Months, this is the first time only because I'm getting
lunch with a friend. Otherwise, I wrote. I work remoute
five days a week, and for months my bosses have
been telling me that I need to go into the office.
I have no obligation go in there though I have
no manager to watch me. My manager works remote from
Michigan and her boss works like my entire team the
remainder of them are in New York, and I still
(06:25):
have to come in because it looks good for the company.
So I'm just so dumbfounded. What exactly is so like
important for me to come in when I literally work
a lot longer working from like from home than I
do in the office. I'm going to go in there
and probably talk to everybody because everybody wants to catch up,
and then like I won't even get like anything done
(06:46):
that I would have when I like would have been
at home.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, yeah, so you're needless to say you're a little
resentful about this.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Oh, absolutely, Yeah, It's like a waste of time, like
for who just to show face and make people like
like the managers and like I had honchos look good.
This is so stupid. I ended up paying like a
student loan because we work from home. Like that's like
like ten grand I was be able to pay it off,
and like that's where I see like the benefit and
like I'm starting to save up money now, like saying,
(07:14):
God was like in this economy, like woman millennial is
like able to do anything. And so now I'm just
kind of like why do this. I'm like saving money.
I'm being productive, like you know, I'm doing my work.
Otherwise you would have fired me by now.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Right, Well, that's the thing we're not talking about the cost.
Starting with the cost. I mean, I don't know how
much you know gas it takes you to drive to work,
but that's you know, think about that, right, yeah, to
your point about it.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
And one thing, if you go out the clothes either
like you save money. I have no idea what to
wear into the office, and I have to make this
decision in like twenty minutes. I dress like a Homeland
person every day and like now I'm like having to
go in and work like and like look business casual.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
But good point.
Speaker 4 (07:55):
I don't even know how to address thissiness casual anymore?
Like where are the kids wearing these days? I don't
freaking know.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Wow, hey, Liz, well, thank you for you know, listening
to us at least. And and we appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Oh, I appreciate it too.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Have a good day, like man be able to have
to go back to working, Like, please go back to work.
Actually right, we need the ratings, we really, we really
need the ratings. I William, Hi, what's going on?
Speaker 5 (08:22):
Gentlemen?
Speaker 1 (08:22):
Hey? And ladies and ladies, Yes, so you're you're on
your way back to word today.
Speaker 5 (08:31):
I am on my way back into the office. But
I was just going to make the comparison that, you know,
I work in sales, so it's like before before the pandemic,
I'd have to get up an hour before work. You
got to press my clothes iron things, drive forty five
minutes into the office, sitting in front of a computer.
Working in sales, you can eat. Sales people are over
(08:52):
your back looking for the next sale, and then there's
constant pressure versus working from home. Just became much easier,
easier kind of process, you know, you get up, you
get ready to work, you kind of manage your own time.
Gets a little too stressed, you could take a break
on your own breather. So I think it definitely benefited
the people that are independent and self motivated.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I guess, and thank you William, have a great day man,
thanks for listening to yep. I guess I figured after
three years of people working remotely, or two and a
half or however long it was before they started sort
of peeling that back, I figured that that was just
the way it would be forever, because you know, a
lot of companies figured out how to do it. You
figured it out, you got the technology, we have the
efficiencies now. So I guess I'm surprised we're unwinding that
(09:38):
at this point. Hey, Kate, Hi, Hi, Kate. Commuting an
hour and a half both ways, yikes.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Yeah. So I'm actually I'm a certain teacher, so I
don't even go into an office. I go into a
school every day, but it takes me a really long
time in the morning, and then.
Speaker 5 (09:55):
It takes me like an hour and a half in
the afternoon, and.
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I'm expected to like do homework and less employment when
I get home.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
But it's like it's too much.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
I'm dead by the time I get home, because.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Yeah, I believe in but there's no one. You really
can't do your job without being face to face with folks, right,
Oh yeah.
Speaker 4 (10:11):
That's like working at education.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
You definitely have to like be in person.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
I can't imagine going back to like teaching remote because no.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Well, okay, thanks for having us on while you do it,
and we love you. Have a good day.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Thank you too.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Bye, Yeah bye, I got more friend show next.
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