If your office is hybrid, how often do you actually go in?

[Anonymous]

We're hybrid work at my office and are expected to go in at least twice a week. I hate it. I usually make it in once a week if that. I haven't gotten any push back so far. How many other skirt by going in less than expected?

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty much fully remote - probably 15 days per year going in/or meeting with team at an offsite/retreat type thing. DH is supposed to go in informally at this point 2x a week and then after Labor Day 3. It's been interesting to watch his company sort this out. They were supposed to start 2x a week this spring but with the new variant and cases upticking I would say his team would skip some weeks, go in 1x sometimes, go in 2x rarely. This summer it's been more consistent 2x. They are really trying to shift the way they work/meeting schedules to make sure people are coming in for a reason, since some people are complaining that they come in and end up in their office doing calls etc.

The one thing he has noticed are that people are much more apt to leave early - they come in but but leave around 4 - log back in at home etc. To be fair, this is somewhat a product of kids' camp schedules. I know our camp pick up this year has been at 5 so that drives some of it (I do it most of the time but sometimes it is not possible with my work schedule). So will be interesting to see what happens this fall.

I do think people are less tolerant of rush hour than they used to be, so he is predicting that most days will end early in the office and people will pick back at home if need be.

[Anonymous]

I am back 5 days a week. During the year it's fine. But we are struggling with summer as most camps end at 3pm. I have been leaving early to do dinner with kids. But I need to log back on at night, which is causing my to dream about work - very stressful!

[Anonymous]

I go in 2-3x a week, which works for me because: it gets me out of the house and dressed (which I enjoy), I have an office with a door, my office is a literal one minute drive away, my DH works from home and sometimes I just need to get away, and there’s some limited socializing. I do this of my own volition, but would be very annoyed if I *had* to go in at any point. One of my colleagues comes in an average of once a week, and the other three work pretty much entirely remotely. My boss comes in every day, but he doesn’t care what we do. My organization can’t be too intense about coming into the office because there’s just not enough space for everyone as it is.

[Anonymous]

I'm a business owner - we are asking people to come in 3 days a week. At least two aren't doing that and those are the two that really aren't meeting expectations. Its fine to skirt the rules a little, IMO, but it's not smart if you aren't meeting goals in other areas.

[Anonymous]

Almost every day- random day home here and there. Work 1/2-time.

[Anonymous]

I work at a law firm. We have to go in once a week.

[Anonymous]

Almost never. I show up maybe twice a month, tops.

[Anonymous]

We're supposed to go in 3 times a month. Which is pointless because it means that on any given day, almost no one is there, so I'm still doing internal meetings by zoom and not running into people informally. I've gone in once a month, if that, and gotten no push back. I don't think they are tracking it -- I don't think my supervisor is going in either.

[Anonymous]

2x/week

[Anonymous]

I'm a federal government employee and we are supposed to go in once per week, although we can request occasional telework instead. With vacation days and occasional extra telework, I end up going in about 3 days per month. Going into the office is counterproductive, entirely useless and depressing. Since everyone can choose their own day in the office (and it can be different days of the week for the 2 weeks in the pay period), I only see about 5 other people on the entire floor of a huge historic building. All of my meetings are still on MS Teams so the whole process of going in is pointless and wastes commuting time that I would otherwise be sitting at my computer at home while eating breakfast or while preparing dinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're supposed to go in 3 times a month. Which is pointless because it means that on any given day, almost no one is there, so I'm still doing internal meetings by zoom and not running into people informally. I've gone in once a month, if that, and gotten no push back. I don't think they are tracking it -- I don't think my supervisor is going in either.

This is the big issue with hybrid that we're trying to figure out.
In our office, we're almost to the point of having a set day per week when everyone goes in - or at least everyone on a given team. Because as it is there is no point at all in going in, when 75% of people are still working at home.

[Anonymous]

My DH was called out BOLDY on a video conference call. Every other department except his and mandated hybrid, his dept was still WFH. The COO basically had a MELT DOWN on camera with 30 people in the zoom because he's an old white boomer that doesn't believe in WFH and furiously called out my DH as a company wide example of what not to do. I DH remained silent. HR and 6 other people that were in the meeting reached out to him that day. My DH redid his resume that night and put in his two weeks the following Friday. He was at the company for 11 years and took a WEALTH of information with him. It turned out great because he got a huge raise, works at an awesome company, and is very happy. We ran into his former coworker over the weekend and he said the whole dept has crumbled and is down 60% man power since DH left. The VP tried to get him to stay saying they'd have to hire two people to fill the work that he produces.

Moral of the story: either let your workers WFH if it has no effect on their productivity OR have a CLEARLY listed hybrid policy so employees understand their expectations.

[Anonymous]

We are also meant to be going in twice a week. I am struggling a little to make it.

To be honest, it is harder when we are busy. If you start working early in the morning then you suddenly need to take an hour off for the commute...it is an interruption!

Looking around, hard to say as it is still August, but I don't think many people are always hitting the 2 days a week quota.

[Anonymous]

We have a hybrid schedule with mandated days in the office. We all go in Tues to Thurs. This is the only thing that makes any sense if you have people coming in. Having them be there together. Some people still choose to come in Mondays/Fridays.

It's been a huge boost for all of us and our work. There are so many benefits to in person work. Probably an unpopular opinion. Oh well. Over time the people who don't want to ever be in person will leave and that's fine. We have had several candidates take the job BECAUSE we have an in person work culture though.