Now being called back into the office for 2 days a week
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
"OPM just issued a memo encouraging agencies to expand remote work." Source? |
Anonymous
Nope, I drive. Took metro most of my career, but then a train caught on fire and I was stuck in a smoke filled car. We finally got out into the smoke filled station, and the incompetent Metro employees refused to open the gates so that people could evacuate. Then they turned off the escalator, further slowing down the process. An almost-stampeded ensued and the incompetent Metro employees just stood around, chomping on their gum while people panicked. I haven't taken Metro since. |
Anonymous
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When will people figure out that there’s no one way that works? Some industries need more physical collaboration. Some are seeing negative results/lost revenue as time goes on.
I have to be in-person regularly to best do the things my job requires. My assistant can be in less often, but still can’t be fully remote as there are some occasional physical needs. Plus we’ve decided we have much better face to face meetings vs calls/emails/zooms. We’re much more in sync in our thoughts when we can work together. My partner needs to have flexible hours as her work overlaps other time zones. Our researchers can live in caves and work erratic schedules and still be fully productive. |
Anonymous
My office in 2019 many people teleworked two days a weeks. I wasn’t allowed given my role at the time - but 90 percent of office was teleworking at least two days a week before pandemic. |
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People that are being all aggressive about returning to work are people whose identity is work. They may not be, and often are not, the most productive. They are just annoying.
My office of a large national firm is smaller here in the area. And its dead. I can't even get boomers to come into the office regularly. I don't really care. Our productivity and profitability is just as high or higher in some instances than it was before the pandemic and majority work from home. Not commuting is more time doing what I want to do. I already know everybody anyways - I don't need to see them in person. |
Anonymous
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As an executive at a company who is calling people back 2X a week in September, I can tell you our reasons.
People are much more attentive and accountable in the office People know they must have childcare in place (and if they've moved out of the area without telling us, good to know now) They learn much more about the business from hallway convos that if they are at home |
Anonymous
“Our amazing public transportation system.” I thought this was a DC forum? What city are you commenting from? |
Anonymous
| At my agency we are required to come in two days a week AND hotel. Worst combo. |
Anonymous
This I can’t believe it’s taken offices this long to RTO. You’ll likely have a lot of issues since you let them get too comfortable at home. Re: moving away - if you aren’t registered to do business (read: pay taxes, follow labor laws, etc) in states where you have workers secretly living, good luck. When we RTO’d following covid, we quickly weeded those who pitched the biggest fits. It was painful and disruptive, but it needed to be done. Brace yourself for a big transition. |
Anonymous
Why should you have a dedicated workspace that remains unused 3 days a week? I don’t understand the logic in this and it makes you sound very entitled. Would you rather come in every day in exchange for your own workspace? |
Anonymous
I think this is all fair since 90% of US white collar jobs are entirely BS anyways. Law firms and other businesses will continue to be flexible because the value per employee is much easier to see for those businesses. |
Anonymous
NP and a better option would be a shared workspace. Jane gets M, T and Lisa gets W, Th or whatever. If they come in on an irregular day then they hotel that day. |
Anonymous
+10000 |
Anonymous
https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Director%20Memo%20to%20Agency%20Heads%20-%20Guiding%20Factors%20for%20Determining%20Remote%20Work.pdf |