Before I had kids I lived 2 minutes from the office, and though it was pre-pandemic, it never once occurred to me to just do some of the work from home. Didn’t do it a single time. Why not go into the office, it’s right there and has a better setup to get things done. And I liked my coworkers, so why not hang out.
Now that I have toddlers every second of my day goes to something related to work, kids, or self care. So it’s a hugely helpful to be flexible about when I’m in the office and not. If there’s not a good reason to be there, I just work from home and I save 90 minutes on the commute that can go to one of those categories.
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Just had an announcement that we are going from full time telework for all non-supervisors to 3 days/week in office starting in a couple on months. I bet we lose 10-20% of the workforce in the next 6 months. Certainly tips the balance for me way towards leaving, if I can find a gig.
But at least we can all improve collaboration by calling into meetings from our desks in the office instead of from our desks at home.