Work wants everyone back in the office more than 50% now. Seems like a growing trend. Anyone still managing to work from home full time?
I do get the huge benefit of in person working, especially relationship building. I’ve tried for years with remote work - it’s so, so much more of a slog.
But tell anyone that they have to sit in a crowded train or bus for 2 hours a day, just for them to be in a Zoom call for most of the day anyway, and you can see why people don’t want to come in for the sake of “the company paid for office space” or “relationship building”.
Companies need to be much, much more intentful with in-person.
I’m a programmer and back to 2-3 days in the office per week. Honestly there are some things that do work better in person, like when you need to explain things with a whiteboard, but on days where I just chitchating about nothing, I wonder why I bother going in at all.
Same sorta job here and 1 day per week. Yeah office day is a total waste I’m just chatting all day. Also same deal sometimes I get frustrated explaining stuff over a video call and you just need a room.
I also just gave up rolling code on that day because the interruptions are vicious
These buildings will be exactly the same as any other one you’ve ever worked in, just with lifts and stairs in different colousr or glass. There’ll be some fancy ‘cafe’ and some ‘learning hubs’ that will sound cool and maybe even have cheap or free food, but there will last until the second a few more desks are needed.
The guys at SOM are well intentioned but actually don’t get it. Their job relies on making more of the same.
WFH 100%. We founded here and have now 25ish people, but most are overseas anyway. We don’t have an office in Sydney anymore, and our local team here instead meets up socially or for workshops.
I used to work for Surf Life Saving Australia and had to fight really hard to get two WFH days a week. This despite the fact that I was in IT supporting volunteers via an online ticketing system.
