Those working from home

our company has (in the last week) mandated being in the office minimum three days a week. i've no issue with that as i aim for that already but there's a lot of dissenting voices around the office and on teams calls

be interesting to see what happens to those people hired during the pandemic who don't live close to one of our offices...
 
es1 said:
our company has (in the last week) mandated being in the office minimum three days a week. i've no issue with that as i aim for that already but there's a lot of dissenting voices around the office and on teams calls

be interesting to see what happens to those people hired during the pandemic who don't live close to one of our offices...
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I read an article last week about the need to get back to normal after the pandemic and it suggested that a lot of companies would require people to get back to the office for at least 2-3 days a week as it was not healthy for the staff to have no interaction with each other on a face to face basis and the sooner it happened the better no just for them but the economy as a whole, I will try to find it again
 
Nellies left peg said:
I read an article last week about the need to get back to normal after the pandemic and it suggested that a lot of companies would require people to get back to the office for at least 2-3 days a week as it was not healthy for the staff to have no interaction with each other on a face to face basis and the sooner it happened the better no just for them but the economy as a whole, I will try to find it again
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a big driver is our clients as well, some on similar projects to those we work on have withheld fees from companies who they feel aren't meeting 3 days a week so we want to avoid being in the same boat
 
Blue Maverick said:
My missus has peaks and troughs, in the troughs she does the house work, at work she’d probably just chat shit others but most of the time she’s busy and she doesnt even get up for a break, I have a go at her, saying she could go for a 20 min walk with the dog at least.
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To be fair even chatting shit with work colleagues or taking the dog for a walk and meeting people is not going to be bad for her after all the human race are sociable animals at the end of the day with a few exceptions I dare say
 
es1 said:
our company has (in the last week) mandated being in the office minimum three days a week. i've no issue with that as i aim for that already but there's a lot of dissenting voices around the office and on teams calls

be interesting to see what happens to those people hired during the pandemic who don't live close to one of our offices...
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Having been through this, many won't make the 3 days a week and will start looking for other work. It all boils down to how management enforce it. If they start to discipline people they have to be consistent and that is where it starts to fall apart. The only guaranteed outcome is an unhappy workforce.
 
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es1 said:
our company has (in the last week) mandated being in the office minimum three days a week. i've no issue with that as i aim for that already but there's a lot of dissenting voices around the office and on teams calls

be interesting to see what happens to those people hired during the pandemic who don't live close to one of our offices...
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Mine did that but no-one has really stuck to it, there’s some people that go in every day and some that go in once a week, as a manager I’ve not enforced it as everyone’s situation is different. I’d rather people have flexibility, happy workforce and all that and it leads to increased chance of outcomes anyway.

The issue I’ve found is I end up on teams calls all day in the office anyway and all the meeting rooms are booked up with people doing similar. I get more done on the days I work from home but I like the interaction so I do a couple of days a week.
 
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