'Why does just going into an office job make you so tired?': Employees who work in site jobs open up about the disadvantages of going to work at an office every day.

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María Cetra • Writer
Jul 18, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

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What is so bad about having an in-site job that it makes employees feel so hopeless? Is it how offices are displayed with the boring colors and workstations too close to each other? Is it the people you have to see every day who you wouldn't even share a word with if it wasn't for that job? Or is it the fact that you have to wake up earlier, get ready, and travel to the office every day, losing even more free time? There are millions of reasons we can think of to hate having to go to the office. This Reddit thread below certainly had a lot. But that doesn't mean that everything about working in-site is awful. 


Something extremely valuable about going to the office to work is definitely the support, especially when you are just starting a new job. You need help, real help, someone by your side explaining everything to you, from how to open the systems you are going to use every day to how the coffee is made in the coffee machine. That experience is not perfectly achievable unless you have someone by your side. 


Another thing that I really liked about going to work onsite was the friends you made there, coworkers you started being friendly with out of respect and manners and ended up evolving into amazing friendships you conserve through time. You can't be friends, or at least it is not easy, with someone you only see on your computer screen once a week. 


You may have a million reasons to believe that remote work is the best, and I would probably agree with that. But to completely disregard the good things on-site work has is to not see the full picture. Yes, it's nice to wake up 5 minutes before your shift, to stay in your comfy sweats the whole day, and to eat a homemade lunch. But it's also healthy to get out of your house and interact with people, to acclimate yourself to different environments and network with your colleagues. I bet if you think about it at least for a few seconds, you can definitely see something positive about working from the office, and something negative about working remotely. 
 

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  • Why does just going into my office job make you so tired?

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    A man sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. Model image.
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    A man sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. 

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    I could even have a day where I have had nothing to do and I'm still so drained at the end of all. What is this?? Just the thought of the journey it is to park and taking multiple elevators has me feeling tired already. None of what I do at the moment is hard. I don't even have to move all day if I don't want to (Yes, I do make myself move around on most days). I just don't understand what is going on.
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    k-devi I'm very introverted and neurodivergent as well, so just having to be around people and all the masking really takes it out of me.
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    Pretend Doughnut_155 Going into the office is so draining. Have to wake up earlier to drive in, sit in traffic, pay tolls, etc to go sit at a desk in an office on teams calls all day. The constant interruptions from drive bys and small talk is exhausting. It's just so draining to go through all the extra bulls when the job can easily be done from home.
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    knotdjuan I can manage a few days a week fine but not 5 days a week. It's exhausting to share space that much of the time and be aware of the dozens of people around.
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    Responsible_Ask3976 Because the commute forces you to wake up earlier than you need to be
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    A woman looking at her computer sitting at a desk. 
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    Pale-Butterscotch-16 I'm retired but I remember feeling this way towards the last few years. The worst imo were Sunday's knowing the next day was the start of a long week.
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    JLMezz Office/job-induced depre s on. I've had it bad before & switching jobs was the only cure.
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    RectorAequus At work, you wear a different persona, even if you're not aware of it. Think about all the times you don't say the first thought that comes into your head. Think of all the times you keep your eyes from rolling. Think of all the times when you don't say or do or behave the way you would at home alone. HI, even what you wear takes a toll. We don't go to work in our comfy
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    house clothes. We wear what is appropriate, and that is constrictive physically and mentally. On top of that is the commute in to work, and more importantly the commute home. There are demonstrably more collisions in the evening commute than there are in the morning, because people are tired and driving, especially in traffic, is tiring mentally. I can go my entire workday just fine and walk to my car full of plans for what to do when I get
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    home and by the time I get home it's all gone. I have the energy to do the necessary and not much else. Mental load takes its toll and people think that just because it's not physical work, it is somehow less. Using your brain takes energy, and when you have a desk job, you're 'on' all day, because while you are not necessarily doing mental work worl, you're still doing the mental work of maintaining an alternate professional demeanor, whatever that means to
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    you. For me, working in HR, maintaining my professional face is at times more work than my actual job because people are stupid. Managers are stupid trying to do stupid sh that is actually against the law either because they don't realise or they don't think they will be caught and staff are stupid because they think they know the law but in reality they are just whining bleating selfish opportunitic freeloaders looking for a
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    loophole in the system. And then there are the actual issues to deal with which are complicated, delicate, and require research and consultation with both people who know more than me and practically speak a different language (you try having a conversation with a labor attorney that has zero people skills,) and people who don't know more than me but are so far up the food chain that correcting one incorrect assumption can take thirty minutes of dancing around not saying "no,
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    actually, you're wrong." Mental load is real. It's why housewives burn out so fast.
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    juneabe I need to have something to constantly do so the hours don't drag. But I had adhd so that does make my relationship with time different. But I've still found for many types of people that having little to do at work makes the day much longer and less stimulating and decreases dopamine most. Maybe find something with a little more brain power and need for activity.
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    notepad987 I am retired now and I have a security camera and I see my neighbors go off to work and then come home by reviewing video captures at the Wyze website and the looks on their faces are of I don't want to go to I am home but know that I got to back the next day. Never a smile when coming home I imagine I had that look. Now I have a smile all the time.
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