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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm on the executive team for a fairly large Reston tech company.  We are officially not renewing our lease (we have grown substantially) and are moving to a hotel type modified office a bit further our near the Loudoun border. That office will be mainly conference rooms. We have 259 people in this area and will have seats for 50. None permanent.  We too have seen productivity skyrocket. People are very happy at home and it is working despite many having kids underfoot. [/quote]

That’s b/c everyone is working extra hard b/c they have nothing else to do and fear for losing their job.

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+1  once this crisis is over, wfh isn't going to be as popular as people think.  It takes a lot of real discipline to wfh. I have done so now for the past six years.[/quote]

I disagree. I have worked from home for years and have always been super productive. You also realize there are whole companies that are 100% remote, like GitLab? Yes, there are lazy people out there but they’re lazy at the office too. In commercial companies, those folks are let go or kept around for lay-off time.[/quote]

The PP said "isn't going to be as popular as people think" and I have to agree. WFH is great for many, but plenty of others aren't so interested in it. I can't imagine being a young 20-something out of college or grad school and immediately WFH at my first jobs rather than have the fun of going into an office and socializing with other coworkers and having face to face contact with mentors and learning how to network. You miss out on a lot of great advice and useful office gossip working remotely. Plenty of young people would rather come in everyday to their office in New York or DC or any other hot cities than WFH all the time, because that's where the excitement and buzz is.

WFH is a blessing for families who need to live further away due to schooling and housing needs, and it allows them to avoid commutes and save on commuting costs. But even for this demographic it requires discipline. Some people thrive on a routine and keeping "office" separate from "home" and going back and forth between the two.

If I had to bet on anything, it's that I think highly paid professionals and execs will continue to come in to their offices in large numbers, maybe not every day but at least half the time and will continue to pay a premium to be close to the office, and young people will continue to come in most of the time, if only to get away from their cheap first apartments or shared apartments. The brain drain to a handful of popular cities will continue for a variety of reasons of which employment is just one. People in the middle, both middle age with growing families and in the middle of their careers, are the ones who will take advantage of WFH the most. [/quote]

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