为什么我们每天都要去办公室（一）

Sandeep Chintu
Hi.
First of all its a very interesting question. Kudos.
Now I would like to state one example so that we can relate to it a bit easily..
- We know GOD is everywhere. The why do we build temples mosques ,churches and other places of worship ?
It is because of that environment. The work environment where everyone around us is continuously working, striving make us work hard and push ourselves. When we stay back, one or two days is fine, but if we stay back (we implying majority, there may be some exceptions here) everyday, if will be difficult to achieve focus and work spirit. When people around us are elevating themselves, striving towards excellence, we tend to do so too.
Every individual becomes an average of the people he/she is surrounded by. Thus surrounding yourself with hard working people improves oneself as well.

你好;
首先，这是一个非常有趣的问题,赞一个。
现在我想举一个例子，这样我们就可以很容易地把它联系起来。
我们知道上帝无处不在。为什么我们还要建造寺庙、清真寺、教堂和其他礼拜场所？
就是因为这种环境。在工作环境中时，我们周围的每个人都在不断工作，不断的拼搏，让我们努力工作，鞭策自己。当我们不回家时，一两天没问题，但如果我们每天都不回家(我们指的是大多数，这里可能有一些例外)，是否就很难做到专注和获得工作情绪。当我们周围的人都在提升自己，努力追求卓越时，我们也会这样做。
每个人都成为他/她周围的人的平均水平。因此，与努力工作的人在一起也会让自己提高。

Pulkit Verma
Theoretically, it is possible.
But this not possible for everyone. Just like not everyone prefers gym at home, not everyone prefers to conduct business from home. Theoretically all these are possible, but not everyone is motivated enough to carry out these tasks at home.
Office, Gym, Shops, etc. provide you with an environment optimal for the work they are supposed to be built for. When you see other people in Gym with bulging biceps, lean muscular bodies, and six pack abs, you get motivated to work out more.
Same thing applies in office too. You get an optimal environment to work. Everyone around you is working on similar problems, you get an idea about other problems too related to your work. Virtual office will keep you restricted to your problems, you will get distracted at home because of things going on around you.
Virtual Office might work for some people who are motivated enough to work despite the distractions at home, but it might not work for everyone.

理论上，这是可能的。
但这不是每个人都能做到的。就像不是每个人都喜欢在家里健身一样，也不是每个人喜欢在家做生意。理论上所有这些都是可能的，但并不是每个人都有足够的动力在家里完成这些任务。
办公室、健身房、商店等为你提供了一个最适合其工作的环境。当你在健身房看到其他人有鼓鼓的肱二头肌，瘦削的身体，六块腹肌，你会有动力去锻炼更多。
同样的事情也适用于办公室。你得到了一个最佳的工作环境。你周围的每个人都在研究类似的问题，你会对与你的工作相关的其他问题有所了解。虚拟办公室会让你局限于你的问题，你会因为周围发生的事情而分心。
虚拟办公室可能适用于一些尽管家会让其分心，仍有足够动力工作的人，但它可能不适用于所有人。

Sajan P V
Current digital communications have its limitations as opposed to interacting with someone face-to-face.
What we must understand is the type of role one is performing.
Imagine a scenario, you have a brainwave and you want to bounce off that idea with your colleagues or boss to refine it further. You need to discuss it urgently in order to shape the solution. You log into Instant Messaging / Skype, only to find one of your team-mates in their jammies or in a coffee shop or simply unavailable to discuss your idea. Even if all of them were to be available, it would be difficult to gauge into everyone's body language at the same time, which forms a crucial element of communication.
This limitation possibly could be a dampener, if your role requires you to rely on the inputs of your team-members whilst shaping a solution.
Now consider you happen to be in office when you got that brain-wave, you would have probably swiveled your chair over into the middle of the room and got a conversation/team meeting going impromptu.
However, situations such as being a new parent or being a carer to someone, working from home would be the best interim solution that one can think of.
On the other hand, if the role requires one to work independently, after a period of time, it may happen one can begin to experience a feeling of social isolation.
Working from home, is also an option to beat the stress of traffic and save on the long commuting hours.
At, QkrDesk we've recognized this option and the need for an inspiring work-environment. We have curated workspaces which are near to your commuting convenience whilst catering to the need of a proper office environment.

与面对面交流产生相互作用相比，目前的数字交流有其局限性。
我们必须了解一个人所扮演的角色类型。
想象一个场景，你突发奇想，想和你的同事或老板讨论这个想法，进一步完善它。为了形成解决方案，你需要紧急讨论这个问题。你登录了即时通讯（ Instant Messaging）/ Skype，却发现你的队友穿着睡衣，或者在咖啡店里，或者根本无法讨论你的想法。即使所有人都可以配合，也很难同时衡量每个人的肢体语言，因为肢体语言是沟通的关键要素。
如果你的角色要求你在制定解决方案时依赖团队成员投入进来，那么这种限制可能会成为一个障碍。
现在，假设你恰好在办公室，当你突然想到这个想法时，你可能会把椅子转到房间中央，然后即兴进行一场谈话或团队会议。
然而，在新为人父母或照顾他人的情况下，在家工作将是一个人能想到的最好的临时解决方案。
另一方面，如果这个角色需要一个人独立工作，一段时间后，可能会开始经历一种社会孤立感。
在家工作，也是克服交通压力和节省长时间通勤的一个选择。
在QkrDesk，我们已经认识到这个选择，认为需要一个鼓舞人心的工作环境。我们精心设计了工作空间，既满足通勤便利的条件限制，又满足了适当的办公环境的需求。

R.A.Israel Jebasingh
A night in the life of an IAS officer.Others have answered how a day of an IAS officer is, I will write about how a night of an IAS officer can be. A small error(later realised a big blunder) on my part made me to face a cliffhanger night.The following incident which is one tensed night which I underwent when I was a SDO in Jhargram Subdivision in West Bengal.
Jhargram is a very old Subdivision in West Bengal. It borders with Jharkhand and is a very beautiful subdivision.Jhargram Subdivision is blessed with 2 rivers,one is called Kangsavathi river which flows in the northern part of subdivision and the second river called Subarnarekha river which flows in the southern part of Jhargram Subdivision. I was working as the Sub Divisional Officer of Jhargram Subdivision, West Midnapore District, in West Bengal.Jhargram Subdivision has 8 blocks (Block is an administrative unit.Many blocks together form a subdivision and many subdivisions together form a district). It was first week of July 2007. It was raining heavily for 3 consecutive days.Only 2 blocks of Jhargram Sub division(Nayagram Block and Binpur 1 Block) were flood prone.I was busy in sending relief material to these 2 affected blocks.Even though the remaining 6 blocks were partially affected,only these 2 blocks were historically and geographically flood prone and were drawing attention all these years.

航空科学学院（IAS）官员一生中的一个夜晚。其他人已经回答了IAS官员的一天是怎样的，我将写下IAS官员一个晚上是怎样的。我犯了一个小错误（后来意识到这是一个大错误），对我来说，这是一个扣人心弦的夜晚。接下来的事件是我在西孟加拉邦贾格拉姆区担任社会发展局局长时经历的一个紧张的夜晚。
贾格拉姆是西孟加拉邦一个非常古老的小区域。它与贾坎德接壤，是一个非常美丽的区域。贾格拉姆地区有两条河流，一条称为康萨瓦蒂河，流经该地区北部，另一条称之为斯巴纳雷卡河，流经贾格拉姆区南部。我当时是西孟加拉邦西米德纳波尔区贾格拉姆分区的分区官员。贾格拉姆分区有8个区块（区块是一个行政单位。多个区块共同构成一个分区，多个分区共同形成一个区）。这是2007年7月的第一周，连续三天下大雨。贾格拉姆分区只有2个区块（Nayagram区块和Binpur 1区块）容易发生洪水。我正忙着向这两个受影响的街区发送救援物资。尽管其余6个区块受到部分影响，但只有这2个区块在历史和地理上易受洪水影响，这些年来一直备受关注。

It was around 9pm and I got a phone call from BDO( Block development Officer) of Sankrail Block.He told me that water level in Sankrail was increasing. Sankrail Block is located in the eastern most part of Jhargram Subdivision and even though River Subarnarekha flows through it, its drainage system is proper and historically no severe flood was reported from this Block.The BDO of Sankrail was an efficient officer but one problem i found with him on several occasions was , he always over reacted even for a small problem. So when he told that water level was raising, I started laughing and told him not to overreact and told that I was busy in sending food material to Nayagram and Binpur 1 Blocks. Boss is always right and so he had to keep the phone. Around 10 pm, District Magistrate called and reviewed the flood situation. Mr.B.P.Bharat was the District Magistrate & District Collector(DM) at that time and he was a friend, philosopher and guide to me.He used to protect me, whenever I, as a young officer fought with ruling party.He always used to tell that I was like his son and really took care of me.After reviewing the flood situation of 2 worst affected blocks,he told that he received a call from Sankrail BDO. I laughed and told him,"Sir, Sankrail BDO is like a child and over reacts for everything.Historically no flood is reported from Sankrail". In bureaucracy precedents decide and I was a bureaucrat. Mr.Bharat laughed with me and he kept the phone.Then around 12 midnight,after planning for next day's relief operations,I went to bed.

那是晚上9点左右，我接到Sankrail Block的开发科主任的电话。他告诉我桑克莱尔的水位在上升。Sankrail区块位于贾格拉姆分区的最东部，尽管苏伯尔讷雷卡河流经该区块，但其排水系统正常，历史上该区块未发生严重洪水。Sankrail的开发科主任是一名高效的官员，但我在几个场合发现他的一个问题是，即使是一个小问题，他也总是反应过度。所以当他告诉我水位在上升时，我笑了起来，告诉他不要反应过度，告诉他我正忙着把食物送到Nayagram和Binpur 1街区。领导总是对的，所以他不得不挂掉电话。晚上10点左右，地方行政长官打电话回顾了洪水情况。B.P.Bharat先生当时是地区治安官，他是我的朋友、哲学家和向导。当我还是一名年轻的官员与执政党斗争时，他总是保护我。他总是说我像他的儿子一样，真的很照顾我。在回顾了两个受影响最严重的街区的洪水情况后，他告诉我他接到了桑克莱尔开发科主任的电话。我笑着告诉他，“先生，桑克莱尔开发科主任就像一个孩子，对一切都反应过度。历史上桑克莱尔没有洪水报告。”。在官僚主义中，先例决定了我是一名官僚主义者。巴拉特先生和我一起笑了，他挂掉了电话。然后在午夜12点左右，在计划第二天的救援行动后，我上床睡觉了。

I was in deep sleep and I heard heavy knocking of door.I got up and saw the time was 2 30AM. I could hear the voice of my Bungalow peon.I opened the door and asked him what happened.He told that BDO Sankrail was on phone line.Generally no one has the guts to disturb his officer at midnight unless the issue is really important. So I went to my Bungalow Office(Bungalow Office is attached to residence but has all communication facilities like phone, Computer,Fax etc and the officer can meet public during holidays). When I lifted the phone I could hear that BDO Sankrail was breathing heavily.He was stammering.He was almost crying.He told that around 10 villages had been marooned(Villages had become island- fully surrounded by flood water) and within next few hours those villages would be submerged totally.First time, I realized that situation was grave and very dangerous. I asked him whether country boats (boats used for fishing by local population) can rescue the marooned villagers.He told that country boats could not go beyond a point because the current was heavy. BDO also told that the youth who went for rescuing in country boats could not go near the villages but could hear villagers crying for help that many were in trees because water level was increasing. So it sent a chill in my backbone.If people were in trees, then any person with common sense would understand that within next 3 hours,these people would be submerged if water level increases.I asked him about water level.He told that still it was raising.I asked him not to worry and kept the phone even though I was thoroughly shaken inside.Immediately after keeping the phone I dialed District Magistrate's Bungalow Office.I could hear the beep sound which indicated that BSNL phone was dead due to maintenance in Midnapore town(As I did not have BSNL connection,my phone was alive).I then dialed his mobile but unfortunately his mobile was also BSNL connection.I redialled several times hoping suddenly it may ring. It didn't ring.

我睡得很熟，听到了沉重的敲门声。我起床后发现时间是凌晨2点30分。我能听到我平房里的声音。我打开门问他发生了什么事。他告诉我Sankrail开发科主任在打电话。一般来说，没有人有胆量在午夜打扰他的官员，除非问题真的很重要。所以我去了我的平房办公室（平房办公室附属于住宅，但拥有电话、电脑、传真等所有通信设施，官员可以在节假日会见公众）。当我拿起电话时，我听到Sankrail开发科主任呼吸急促。他口吃，他几乎要哭了。他说大约有10个村庄被围困（这些村庄已成为一个岛屿，完全被洪水包围），在接下来的几个小时内，这些村庄将被完全淹没。第一次，我意识到形势严峻，非常危险。我问他乡村船只（当地居民用来捕鱼的船只）能否营救被困的村民。他告诉我，由于水流很急，乡村船只不能去。开发科主任还说，那些去救援乡村船只的年轻人不能靠近村庄，但可以听到村民们呼救的声音，因为水位上升，很多人都在树上。所以这个信息让我的脊梁发冷。如果人们在树上，那么任何有常识的人都会明白，在接下来的3小时内，如果水位上升，这些人将被淹没。我问他水位的情况。他说，它仍然在上升。我叫他别担心，尽管我的内心被彻底震撼到，但我还是挂断了电话。我立即拨通了地方治安官的办公室电话。我能听到哔哔声，这表明由于维护，BSNL手机已关机。然后我拨打了他的手机，但不幸的是，他的手机也是BSNL连接。我重拨了好几次，希望它能突然响起来，但它没有响。

I was sitting and smoking continuously without knowing what to do next.I saw my Bungalow Office clock showing 3AM.I thought to wait till 6 am and pass the message to DM through special messenger but again what DM could do.He could requisition army but army cantonment was located in Fort William in Kolkata and it would take at least 5 hours for the Army to reach Sankrail. So even if I sent a special messenger, he could reach DM's Bungalow in Midnapore not before 4 30 am and so army can not reach before 10 am to Sankrail even if all paper formalities to requisition army were completed in 30 minutes time.If rescue was not completed by 8 am, many would die. Therefore option of sending a special messenger to DM was ruled out.I was cursing myself for not taking BDO's warning seriously.

我坐着不停地抽烟，不知道下一步该怎么办。我看到我的平房办公室的时钟显示凌晨3点。我想等到早上6点，通过特别信使将消息传递给地区治安官，但地区治安官又能做什么呢。他可以征用军队，但军队的营地位于加尔各答的威廉堡，军队到达桑克莱尔至少需要5个小时。所以，即使我派了一名特别的信使，他也可以在凌晨4点30分之前到达米德纳波雷的地区治安官住处，所以即使征用军队的所有书面手续在30分钟内完成，军队也无法在上午10点之前到达桑克莱尔。如果救援工作不能在上午8点前完成，许多人将死亡。因此，向地区治安官发送特殊信使的选项被排除。我在诅咒自己没有认真对待开发科主任的警告。

I was smoking continuously and was totally helpless.Suddenly it struck me. An IAS probationer who was undergoing training in my Subdivision told me the previous day that she went to purchase some items at subsidized rate in Kalaikunda Air Force Station Canteen. Kalikunda is an Air Force Station located in a place called Kalaikunda which was in my neighboring Sadr subdivision.But as per protocol, only DM could requisition Army.Another thing which worried me was, even if i broke the protocol whether Airforce would listen to SDO , as later they may have to face serious problems because Defence rules are very stringent.Another worry was, who would respond at 3AM. I thought for a minute and decided to take a chance.I took the telephone directory and found Kalaikunda Air force station's number.I dialed and no one lifted.Again I tried.This time after several rings, a person asked who I was.I explained the grave situation.He told that it was 3 AM and he was just a telephone attendant and asked to call at 8AM. I again explained.Finally he transferred the call to next level in hierarchy.I explained to the next person.He was polite and transferred to some Wing Commander. It was a surprise to me when I heard the voice of Wing Commander.I could make out from his voice that I awoke him when he was at deep sleep but he asked me politely what he could do for me.I told him the situation.He told that he will call me back after discussing with his seniors and got my telephone number .I thought Air Force door was closed because according to their rules they can be asked for help only by DM .So I thought he tried to avoid by telling that he wanted to discuss with seniors, which is a common practice in civil service to buy time without hurting the other party. So again I was back to square one without knowing what to do next.I started smoking another cigarette.

我一直在抽烟，完全无助。突然，我想到了这一点。前一天，一位在我的区域接受培训的航空科学学院见习员告诉我，她去卡莱昆达（Kalikunda）空军站食堂以补贴价格购买了一些物品。卡莱昆达空军基地，位于一个叫卡莱昆达的地方，在我的邻近萨德尔区。但根据协议，只有萨德尔区可以征用军队。另一件让我担心的事情是，即使我违反了协议，空军是否会听取SDO的意见，因为后来他们可能会面临严重的问题，因为国防规则非常严格。另一个担忧是，谁会在凌晨3点做出回应。我想了一会儿，决定试试看。我拿起电话簿找到了卡莱昆达空军基地的号码。我拨了，没人接。我又试了一次。这一次，几声铃声过后，一个人问我是谁。我解释了严重的情况。他告诉我，现在是凌晨3点，他只是一名电话服务员，并要求在上午8点打电话。我再次进行解释。最后，他将呼叫转移到高层。我向下一个人解释。他很有礼貌，被调到某个联队指挥官那里。当我听到联队指挥官的声音时，我感到很惊讶。我可以从他的声音中看出，当时他熟睡，是我叫醒了他，但他礼貌地问我他能为我做些什么。我告诉了他情况。他告诉我，他会在与他的长官讨论后给我回电话，并得到我的电话号码。我以为空军的大门是关着的，因为根据他们的规定，只有国防部长才能向他们寻求帮助。所以我认为他试图通过说他想与长官讨论来避免这种情况，这是公务员的一种常见做法，即在不伤害另一方的情况下争取时间。所以我又回到了原点，不知道下一步该怎么办。我开始抽另一支烟。

My telephone rang in another 5 minutes and wing commander told that "Station Commander" of Kalaikunda Air Force Base would call me and kept the phone. Station Commander is a very very senior person in Defence hierarchy (usually of Gp Capt rank), and was the senior most officer of airbase and I was very very junior in civil hierarchy. So I was surprised because hierarchy was inbuilt in my system. Another 2 minutes my telephone rang and I heard the friendly voice of Station Commander. He asked me why I disturbed his sleep at 3 AM in a laughing tone. I explained him the situation. He told me not to worry. From his voice, first time I felt in that night that people would be rescued. In a friendly but firm voice he told that he would start the rescue operation with motor boats immediately and with helicopters from 6 AM onwards. When I thanked him he said, "Young man, who are you to thank me? It’s my duty for my country". It happened at 3:15 AM when in normal days I would have been in deep sleep and if any person would have asked for help at 3 AM, I would have kicked the telephone if not the person away. After few minutes of explaining the details of rescue operation he kept the phone. Around 4:15 AM, again my phone rang and Sankrail BDO was on the line. He told that IAF personnel had reached the spot with trucks loaded with speed boats. Around 6 AM I could see an helicopter flying. I saluted the helicopter and Indian Air Force and it was a salute from my heart.

5分钟后我的电话又响了，空军中校告诉卡莱昆达空军基地的“站长”会打电话给我，并挂了电话。站长在国防部是一个非常高级的人（通常是上尉），是空军基地最高级的军官，而我在民事部门是非常低级的。所以我很惊讶，因为我的系统中内置了层次结构。再过两分钟，我的电话铃响了，我听到了站长友好的声音。他笑着问我为什么凌晨3点打扰他的睡眠。我向他解释了情况。他告诉我不要担心。从他的声音来看，那晚我第一次感觉到人们会获救。他用友好但坚定的声音告诉我们，他将立即用摩托艇和直升机展开救援行动，从早上6点开始。当我感谢他时，他说：“年轻人，你凭什么感谢我？这是我对国家的责任。”。事情发生在凌晨3点15分，在正常情况下，我会深度睡眠，如果有人在凌晨3点钟请求帮助，如果不是那人没在身边，我会踢掉电话的。在解释了几分钟营救行动的细节后，他挂了电话。大约凌晨4点15分，我的电话又响了，Sankrail 开发科主任打来的电话。他告诉我，印度空军人员已经带着满载快艇的卡车抵达现场。早上6点左右，我看到一架直升机在飞。我向直升机和印度空军致敬，这是我发自内心的敬意。

Lara
I’ve haven’t stopped doing the 5 day work week in office. Some of us never got the option to work-from-home or stay-safe-at-home.
So like many who were “too essential” even in an office setting, I have worked in-office every day of the pandemic.
Whether or not a particular company decides to go back to the 5-day-in-office work week model or not will depend on the company, the local Covid numbers, and other factors.
I know that having to go to the office daily, I have enjoyed that 85% of the office staff is at-home. So much less drama and it is far more productive. I also know many prefer WFH to being in the office.
But in the end it will depend on several factors, including what the company itself decides, as to whether or not a large segment of the WFH crowd returns to an office or not.

我一直保持造办公室每周工作5天。我们中的一些人从来没有选择在家工作或呆在安全的家里。
因此，就像许多即使在办公室环境中也“太重要”的人一样，在疫情爆发的每一天，我都在办公室工作。
一家特定公司是否决定恢复每周5天工作制，将取决于公司、当地的新冠感染人员数字和其他因素。
我知道每天都要去办公室，我很享受85%的办公室员工都在家的情况。少了那么多让人激动的事情，它的生产力也大大提高了。我也知道很多人更喜欢在家工作而不是在办公室里。
但归根结底，这将取决于几个因素，包括公司本身的决定，即在家工作人群中的一大部分是否返回办公室。
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Dushka Zapata
You decide you are going to run every day.
You map out a route to follow every morning. It starts flat, has hills, a curve, a park, then the home stretch. It takes around 40 minutes.
You set the alarm for the same time and the loop never varies, but every day is completely different.
That hill sure feels steeper today, doesn't it? And the park, normally placid, frustrates you. How slow everyone is moving, the obstructions in your path.
This isn't because the route is different, but because you are.
You see your inner fluctuations more clearly because they stand out against the backdrop of an identical routine.
Some days a flare of anger appears out of nowhere and ignites in your chest.
Some days you run like the winged goddess of victory.
Some days you want a shortcut. You think about skipping the hill.
Some days you want to skip the run.
Will you?
What do you do when no one is watching but you, when this matters to no one but you?
What will you discover about yourself two weeks in, seven months in, two years in?
Who are you?
Routine is valuable because you remove distractions and excuses.
It's where you go to meet yourself.

你决定每天跑步。
你每天早上都要制定一条路线。它一开始是平坦的，有山丘，一条曲线，一个公园，然后是最后一段。大约需要40分钟。
你把闹钟定在相同的时间，循环从来没有改变，但每天都是完全不同的。
那座山今天感觉更陡了，不是吗?通常平静的公园让你感到沮丧。每个人都走得很慢，你路上的障碍。
这不是因为路线不同，而是因为你。
你能更清楚地看到你内心的波动，因为它们在相同的日常生活背景下显得尤为突出。
有时候，愤怒的火花不知从哪里冒出来，并在你的胸口点燃。
有时你跑起来像长着翅膀的胜利女神。
有些时候你想要一条捷径，你可以考虑跳过山丘。
有时你想跳过跑步。
你会吗？
当没有人在看你的时候你会做什么，这事除了你没人在乎吗?
两周后，七个月后，两年后，你会发现什么？
你是谁？
例行公事是有价值的，因为你排除了干扰和借口。
那是你认识自己的地方。