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[quote=Anonymous]The refrain in the WFH debate is that some WFH is desirable but 100% is too much. Unfortunately, I don't think the hybrid solution works well. My office was hybrid (2 days/week WFH) for years before covid. They have to maintain office space that isn't used all the time, or else go to hoteling which requires that not everyone be in on the same days. If everyone is not in on the same days, then it's very difficult to get those "hallway conversations" that everyone thinks are so valuable. Our office is actually more cohesive now, with everyone online all the time, than it was with hybrid.

I'm a fan of 100% WFH. But if you must have hybrid then you need to have everyone coming in on the same days. That means you either eat the cost of underutilized space, or you just maintain a bunch of conference rooms with WiFi and people plan for the in-person days to be all meetings and not much desk work.

Another option could be remote work spaces: people go to an office near their home, which may or may not have any of their close colleagues in it. This doesn't solve the "hallway conversations" problem but it does prevent home distractions (which is what's driving objections to WFH, really) and reduces the commute burden.
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