What’s the current status on WFH?

[Anonymous]

I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

[Anonymous]

Just search for jobs where you can work from anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

[Anonymous]

My companies have policies that differ unit to unit, depending on the responsibilities of particular teams. My team is able to be fully remote and, given the varied locations of my teammates, there would be no point in us going into a location, only to have no teammates there. Other teams really need to be in person. It varies hugely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

Have you not looked at any 10k..? Several companies were equally or more profitable with full wfh. Get your head out of your youknow what.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level.
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It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Hybrid means a combo of telework and in-office so saying hybrid and expecting 50% in-office is entirely consistent.

You'll note than even for 100% remote positions, many companies state that you can't be performing childcare. And while it's hard to prove when it's 100% remote, it does mean that if you planned to take care of your child while you worked, you would also have to select away from being on camera.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level.
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It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Hybrid means a combo of telework and in-office so saying hybrid and expecting 50% in-office is entirely consistent.

You'll note than even for 100% remote positions, many companies state that you can't be performing childcare. And while it's hard to prove when it's 100% remote, it does mean that if you planned to take care of your child while you worked, you would also have to select away from being on camera.

Hybrid could mean 20% or 80%. 1 day a pay period in the office is much different than 8. OP providing clarification is important.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

Lmao people on this website are miserable humans. What’s it matter if they’re on FB in the office or being productive at home? Get over yourself.

[Anonymous]

Is it your field? DH has a variety of fully remote opportunities in his field, while in my field hybrid has always been common but fully remote is still rare.

In my experience with hybrid, what's on paper is typically more stringent than what people actually do. A lot of places are 50% on paper but in reality you can just do what you want to do long as the work gets done.

[Anonymous]

Ya done effed up WFH y'all.. low productivity and all around whinging has caused WFH to become another pandemic legend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

Have you not looked at any 10k..? Several companies were equally or more profitable with full wfh. Get your head out of your youknow what.

WFH worked when our lives were truncated by the pandemic. We had no dinner dates, no kids activities, no drinks out after work. We had work, zoom parties, and we finished Netflix. So we worked some more and boom when your life is work and sleep, productivity was maintained and sometimes boosted.

Post pandemic, now when we WFH we can go the gym, we cut out at 4 to hit happy hour, etc.

Also we coasted a lot on culture and process established in person, but that hasn’t been replicated in Slack/Teams/Zoom environments.

And now that we all have a handle on the teleconference tools, we have way way more meetings. What used to be a 5 minute chat after a meeting now must be it’s own scheduled event and balloons to 30 min.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

Have you not looked at any 10k..? Several companies were equally or more profitable with full wfh. Get your head out of your youknow what.

WFH worked when our lives were truncated by the pandemic. We had no dinner dates, no kids activities, no drinks out after work. We had work, zoom parties, and we finished Netflix. So we worked some more and boom when your life is work and sleep, productivity was maintained and sometimes boosted.

Post pandemic, now when we WFH we can go the gym, we cut out at 4 to hit happy hour, etc.

Also we coasted a lot on culture and process established in person, but that hasn’t been replicated in Slack/Teams/Zoom environments.

And now that we all have a handle on the teleconference tools, we have way way more meetings. What used to be a 5 minute chat after a meeting now must be it’s own scheduled event and balloons to 30 min.

Okay grandpa, let’s get you your pudding and to bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya done effed up WFH y'all.. low productivity and all around whinging has caused WFH to become another pandemic legend

Do you have data (not anecdotes) to support this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ya done effed up WFH y'all.. low productivity and all around whinging has caused WFH to become another pandemic legend

I started a 100% remote job in late November. I already won two awards and got promoted.

So please tell me again about how my productivity is low?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll preface this with I’m a millennial and mother of 1 toddler at the SM/AD level. I’ve been interviewing with several companies at the F500 level and a few small shops. Based off the conversations I have had and the things i see here and linked in, more and more companies are being strong armed into accepting remote workers. (Anecdotally) This is in direct contrast to my experiences over the last couple of months interviewing and networking. It seems companies are telling people they’ve adopted hybrid models but still expect about 50+% work from office OR fully in office.

Is this ‘everyone will wfh’ banter being blown out of proportion? Am I self-selecting to companies who are more likely to expect office work? Trying to understand because I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work

Aka I like doing my chores, gym workouts, etc on company time.

Everyone will not WFH. A larger portion of the populous will work from home more often than they did pre-pandemic. Private companies have more leeway on their policies because there are no shareholders to report to at the end of each quarter. As profits drop, more companies will call employees back to the office.

Many companies are hybrid in that they allow partial WFH arrangements, mostly just to keep the employees happy, not really because it's what is best for the business.

Have you not looked at any 10k..? Several companies were equally or more profitable with full wfh. Get your head out of your youknow what.

WFH worked when our lives were truncated by the pandemic. We had no dinner dates, no kids activities, no drinks out after work. We had work, zoom parties, and we finished Netflix. So we worked some more and boom when your life is work and sleep, productivity was maintained and sometimes boosted.

Post pandemic, now when we WFH we can go the gym, we cut out at 4 to hit happy hour, etc.

Also we coasted a lot on culture and process established in person, but that hasn’t been replicated in Slack/Teams/Zoom environments.

And now that we all have a handle on the teleconference tools, we have way way more meetings. What used to be a 5 minute chat after a meeting now must be it’s own scheduled event and balloons to 30 min.

Okay grandpa, let’s get you your pudding and to bed.

Your succinct argument convinced me, now finish your Starbucks sippy cup.