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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’ll soon realize it’s a mistake. 5 days a week isn’t sustainable for most families today, unless you’re making gobs of money and can outsource everything your family needs.  People will just call out and be less available.  I’ve seen it in real time. As a manager who is short staffed, I prefer a hybrid (3 days in office) approach.[/quote]

This is incredibly tone deaf.  There are many people who have to find a way to make 5 days a week in person work, based on the type of job that they have.  Education, healthcare, and other service jobs come to mind, and most of them aren't making gobs of money to outsource their family's needs.  You might have little sympathy and argue that they knew what they were getting when they signed up for the job, but those are also jobs that society needs done.[/quote]

And? It’s not sustainable for them either, unless their or their spouse’s pay or schedule supports the lifestyle.  [/quote]\

I made 385K in person in a job pre-covid 5 days a week in office. It ended in early 2020. My next same exact job was 165K. Fully remote, could work anywhere. Total flex time, hardly any meetings No set work hours. I could just do my job easily in around 2-3 hours a day if I did it quickly. Heck I could do my job on Sunday if I wanted and take Monday and Tuesday off. Was great.

But reality was at 165K no one could pay their bills. It was not enough. Someone like me my spouse would have to go back to work full time, my kids take out student loans and I start pulling from 401ks, or sell my home and downsize, move to cheap low cost of living area or start spending down savings.

Or I could keep looking, find another in person job that paid a premium for in person. Choice was easy.

Those really flexible jobs pay less. Now if I was 64 when I got that job, heck yea I would keep it till I was 100. [/quote]

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