‘Great Resignation’ gains steam as return-to-work plans take effect

Re:‘Great Resignation’ gains steam as return-to-work plans t... by jackson1442 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:07PM (#27692889)

The inverse is also true- I've found it significantly harder to get to know my coworkers over Zoom at my current shop than I have in the past. Granted, this is my first "office job," but at the jobs I've worked in the past it's been super easy to meet other people and get to know each other.

I get that some people want to put their head down and grind for 8 hours a day then move on with their lives, but I tend to prefer at least knowing who I work with. I work at a small company, well under 100 people, and haven't met half of them.

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Re:‘Great Resignation’ gains steam as return-to-work plans t... by nklop on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @04:39PM (#27693187)

I think the future for a lot of businesses will still be in-office. Having the team in one room has its own benefits. Plenty of others will be remote since that also has benefits. A lot more will be somewhere in-between. I think that will be more common. 100% remote won't suit a lot of businesses.

But 30% of the time? Or 20%? For plenty of people this won't seem weird. Spending two days per week working from home won't be strange.

I work remote now. While I still see a need for in-person catch-ups this doesn't include any need for the classic daily commute. That, for me and many others, at least, is now dead.

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Re:‘Great Resignation’ gains steam as return-to-work plans t... by jackson1442 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:07PM (#27693424)

Exactly. My ideal setup would be a flexible week where I could come in between 2-4 days each week and work from home the rest. Maybe have everyone on the team in on a specific day and the rest are up to me.

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