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[quote=Anonymous]What gets lost on many of these discussions is that every organization and job/role is different, and the reasons why in person time may or may not be needed are really going to vary. I work for the govt and my job transitioned to full time WAH very seamlessly. My job typically involves lots of meetings and calls with people at other agencies or who work for my agency in different cities. So, I am WAH doing the same conference and video calls I was doing in the office.

Consequently, yeah, as a gs-15 with no promotion potential I can’t say I’m excited about picking up the commute again just to sit in my office with the poor temperature control and having to pay for parking.

I really like my coworkers so seeing them is nice but I do keep in touch with many of them informally anyway. I do think a general sense of office camaraderie gets sort of lost with FT WAH so I don’t know, no easy answers, but as a sandwich generation mom, my stress level is definitely lower WAH, particularly with the kids back in school now.

But that’s just me, I’m sure there are some jobs where in person collaboration, creativity and collaboration are really optimal and those organizations may need to have more of an in office culture.[/quote]

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