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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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 [b]I’ve loved being able to do more than ‘water cooler’ talks during downtimes at work[/b][/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

Okay grandpa, let’s get you your pudding and to bed.[/quote]

Your succinct argument convinced me, now finish your Starbucks sippy cup. [/quote]

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