The Return to the Office Has Stalled

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-return-to-the-office-has-stalled-e0af9741

by mfiguiere • 3 years ago

15 5 3 years ago

wondering this too...

my company is no asking to back to office as earlier. even hire a good number of new hires to work from home, this was hard to get wfh approval before...

guess, over the past 3 years, the management saw everything worked well as folks in office...

rektide• 3 years ago

My company is asking those stull near offices to go to 2 days a week. But given that well over half the workforce either moved away or way hired full remote, the whole thing feels like a sham.

I changed teams & went from being the only person on my team to report in (1x a week because they closed my in-city office, as opposed to this suburban HQ), to now having 1 other person in office. Most of the manager types have filed various exceptions, which none of the workforce is keyed into; we simply see empty desks which look like they should be part of this absurd corporate whip cracking.

It's hard to imagine these RTO attempts going anywhere.

diogenescynic• 3 years ago

Workloads and working hours have increased due to not having to commute. There's no way I could return to the office without having to do less work because I'd have to factor in commute times which leaves less time to do actual work. I think management has factored this in and realizes remote work is a net positive even if there are some downsides.

diversionfactor• 3 years ago

  Working from home is no picnic,
  and neither is it a sin;
  I rue those who think it is other
  than labor and struggle within.

  Simply refuse, my comrades,
  stand fast and don’t go in;
  parry threats, demerits, evals,
  if fired, grok leetcode again.

  Unless I’m literally starving,
  and maybe not even then;
  will I ever inhabit a cubicle
  trapped in the office again.

TheLoafOfBread• 3 years ago

If you want people in office, then you will need to pay for people's commuting as working time. No reason to sit in a traffic jams for 2+ hours for free.

The Return to the Office Has Stalled

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