Re:Head of Remote Work
by jayd16 on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:26PM
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We'll have to see how fast the transition back is. You're right that if remote work stays it has to work with conference rooms and larger groups at the office. I think if the transition back is fairly gradual then the office infrastructure and culture will grow and WFH has a chance.
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I've worked fully remote, fully in-office, and a blend (3 days in + 2 days WFH).
For me, I preferred blend. (Caveat: office ~25 minutes away, some on-site campus amenities including dining, and WFH included scheduling flexibility)
I could slot annoying business-hours-only chores into my WFH days, or shift work earlier and later if I needed to be there for a kid thing.
And 2 days of that a week felt about right. I got the facetime and meeting stuff done my other 3, and had quieter, individual progress time those 2.
Re:Head of Remote Work
by Mountain_Skies on Sunday December 27, 2020 @01:39PM
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Did you have hotel cubes/offices? If every employee doing blended still has to have their own space in the office, the company loses one of the big advantages of having people work from home. Obviously there are other advantages for WFH that can make it worthwhile for both sides, but reducing real estate costs is one most companies will want to reap.
It's not something I've run into yet, but the moment a company starts hotdesking I'll start looking for the door. I have to customize my workspace and know that its integrity is maintained in my absence in order to be fully productive.
Nope! In both blend scenarios I still had a personal desk: either a cube or a section of long table.
Good point, as I imagine my satisfaction in both scenarios would have decreased with a mandatory shared space.
Although, for a while we were "homeless", leading to ~30 minutes a day trying to find an office / conference room to squat in.