We’re starting to return to the office and while it’s staggered at the moment, soon we’ll be back full time. I have friends who weren’t working from home before the pandemic and they have to go into the office much more often than those of us who did telecommute before.
Many of us feel that we should be able to work from home much more often than we were before COVID. We made so many changes in order to be able to work from home, it’s silly to go backward and return to a world where we limit work-life balance.
Also, I work in one of our offices and report to a supervisor in a different office. Something I think is really amazing & much needed in order to get us all talking more often…but the reason we have to return to office is “because face to face development is best.” I’ll still never see my Supervisor but when we meet virtually i actually feel more comfortable talking to them & my peers. Many of us have gotten closer to our teams through meeting by video.