Where I work, it's high stress and very complicated stuff. We can't teach new people every possible thing they need to know, even with a 30 day onboarding process.
What we've learned is (while allowing a lot of our very experienced staff to become full time remote before, during, and after the pandemic) that we need our young staff to mix with our experienced staff to be able to have people answer questions for them, give them pointers to make their jobs easier, and be there to vent to each other.
I think we've lost some younger staff because that is, at least in part, gone.
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It was mentioned below w not real explanation
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1) The impact on big cities if no one goes in person to work is real and problematic
2) I also don’t think people should have to live near a big city in order to go into certain fields, the job market was so much wider for me when not having 90% of the jobs require a long commute 4-5 days a week.
3) I had probably 10x the level of relationship with the coworkers I spent 10 years working with prior to the pandemic as opposed to those at the job I started during it. There’s no denying the culture impact of that, but I’d argue that’s more beneficial on a personal level than it is for the company.
4) After getting used to WFH, trekking to the office to do the same thing while often being less productive really started to feel foolish. And people retreat to meeting rooms / phone booths for most of the day anyway.
5) I generally don’t buy the argument that people AREN’T less productive at home, because if you have a slow day when WFH you can do whatever the hell you want as long as you keep tabs on your computer. If sitting in an open office environment with a bunch of people, you have to find something to keep you busy that can at least pass as work. However, the trade off is that I might have 2 extra hours per day to give you due to not commuting, so it could be an even tradeoff.
6) I can’t imagine being a recent college graduate who has no idea what it’s like to work in an office.
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Do you at least see the POV of companies desperate to get back to the before times?
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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.