Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why::The share of workers being called back to the office has flatlined, suggesting remote work is an entrenched feature of the U.S. labor market.

  • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Except real estate companies

    And petty bad bosses. Those that feel like the worker must be within reach of the lash they wield.

    I am lucky by having a manager that “leads”. We’ve worked out individual hybrid schedules that allow for in-office and remote work. Everyone seems happy with it and happy workers are better workers.

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      11 months ago

      We have a 2 day in office hybrid schedule, where two days are the group days where more meetings are scheduled. But it’s flexible. If you want / need to change the days you come in, no one says anything. It’s a large team, so there’s always at least a couple people in the office on the off days.

      Seems to work out for everyone. The more introverted just show up on the off days, and no one cares. Every once in a while, the manager will encourage but not insist on war room kind of gatherings for some aggressive deadline with high visibility. End of the day, work just needs to be done, and everyone is welcome to do what’s most efficient for themselves.

      Team seems happy enough.

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        11 months ago

        We have a 2 day in office hybrid schedule,

        everyone is welcome to do what’s most efficient for themselves

        Well, which is it? You can’t have it both ways.

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          11 months ago

          He’s literally saying that while the workplace encourages collaboration at work two days a week, you don’t have to if it doesn’t fit your schedule.

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      11 months ago

      It doesn’t benefit them, though; they just prefer it.

      There are tons of people who prefer it but don’t actually get any benefit out of it.