When people don't havr access to you they quickly realize that never actually depended on you to get the job done.

I’m not sure most juniors starting their first job during the pandemic would feel that way. Imagine being in that situation and all your colleagues are never logged in to Slack, don’t reply to your emails until the end of the day, expect to never be disturbed, don’t attend any meetings..

I’m a junior who started my first job during the pandemic (well, I had one month in the office before the pandemic). That wasn’t be experience at all. Slack and email were much easier to use for getting used to the job than being in person was. Of course, yes, some people need to be online to answer questions, but that doesn’t mean that everyone has to be available all the time. Being online also encourages good documentation, which is a better habit to be in anyway.

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