[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Who's getting pulled back into the office?
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Ask HN: Who's getting pulled back into the office?
Sweden has, as of today, retracted all Covid-19 restriction as is
basically we're "back to normal". Within 12 hours several companies
went out and said we are all going back to the office. Some
companies (like mine) said mandatory one day per week in the
office, others said "fun's over, back in the office 100%". What's
your situation?
Author : brtkdotse
Score : 15 points
Date : 2022-02-09 19:50 UTC (3 hours ago)
| brewingcode wrote:
| 100% remote now. Team is 100% remote as well. I do miss some
| social interactions from the office, I love the freedom to
| explore and work.
| ksaj wrote:
| I did a poll on Twitter a couple days ago, and 100% of my
| colleagues that replied to it are still working from home. It is
| mainly infosec and developers in my circle.
| koenigdavidmj wrote:
| I highly doubt it will ever be required at my company. Too many
| people made permanent moves away from the office, some nearby
| (2-3 hours away, but doable occasionally) and some far away
| (cross country). They know they'd lose a lot of people if they
| called everyone back.
| casralad wrote:
| In my city, Covid infections are still higher than they were at
| the peak last winter, so there has not been much discussion about
| returning to the office, though our offices are open and anyone
| can go in and work there if they choose.
|
| We were told early on that we would get a 30 day warning if we
| were expected to come back to the office, and management for my
| team has said they would never require us to come back, that it
| would always be optional. (Always is a long time. I'm under no
| illusion that this policy is immutable).
|
| I would be very surprised if myself or any of my peers asked to
| come back to the office in the next year or so.
| htrp wrote:
| I wouldn't bet on 30 day warning, we were told the same thing
| (6 weeks) and then the communication became come back in next
| week.
| willcipriano wrote:
| My next question would be "What happened to the six week
| notice?" and if the response is "pray I don't alter the deal
| further", I'd get to laugh when I quit and they say "Hey what
| about two weeks notice?".
| noone_youknow wrote:
| The company I worked for (a consultancy) started touting a
| "hybrid working model" (I.e. we'll need you in the office more
| and more as we see fit) so I quit and got a full-remote job with
| another company who are based as far from me as possible (so even
| if they decide to vary my contract and go office based I'm well
| outside the area they could reasonably expect me to travel).
|
| I'll never go back to commuting.
| AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote:
| I never got to leave the office, except for the brief period I
| had contracted COVID and was quarantined at home. Unsurprisingly
| I had contracted it at work.
|
| Consequently, I can't share the enthusiasm of the crowd that
| seems to have deluded itself into believing this whole mess would
| usher in the age of the Glorious Work From Home revolution.
| billsmithwicks wrote:
| I'm working fully remote (for now), so I'm trying to figure out
| when the tech industry will be going back to the office in Dublin
| by reaching out to local recruiters. Most of them don't know yet
| for sure, but it's like to be some variation of 5 to 10 office
| days per month.
| woofcat wrote:
| Canada here: Not yet back in the office but plan is 2 days a
| week.
|
| Personally it seems like the worst of both worlds.
| errcorrectcode wrote:
| There are a number of problems with WfH.
|
| There's no work community or camaraderie _at home_. Doggo should
| count. Kittah jumping on the keyboard is just using you for food
| and grooming.
|
| There's no grabbing lunches.
|
| There's no visiting _X_ down the hall.
|
| No grabbing a beer after work.
|
| Boss G, H, or J can't see you around.
|
| Colleagues M, N, P, and Q don't have a sense of your performance
| or amount of work that happens far away. "Out of sight, ..."
|
| Pair programming becomes less effective.
|
| It's typing away by yourself like a writer, occasionally seeing
| "holograms" of other people on screens, or taking calls like
| you're working a call center.
| noone_youknow wrote:
| I disagree on the lack of work community and camaraderie, and I
| don't keep animals at home, period. I also don't see pair
| programming as a huge plus in any event, but when it's needed
| I've not found it to be any less effective remotely.
|
| As for the rest, I (personally) don't see them as positives
| anyway...
| edmcnulty101 wrote:
| > typing away by yourself like a writer, occasionally seeing
| "holograms" of other people on screens, or taking calls like
| you're working a call center
|
| You say this like it's a bad thing .
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