[finaliteration]

This is my concern, as well. We have some people at my place of work saying, “Working from home has been great! I’ve never been more effective and happy at my job.”, and then we have a smaller but more vocal group that says, “I hate working from home and it’s incredibly stressful. I want to go back ASAP.” I worry that the second group will “win” and the pendulum will swing the other way because of the latter group’s experience.

What we should really be aiming for is flexibility. Some people can be in the office, some can stay remote.

Personally, I dislike being in an office every day, but even more than that I hate the commute. If my manager forces me back, I’ll probably quit and look for a job/company that plans to allow remote work permanently. I’m trying to remain hopeful, however.

[ghaff]

>and then we have a smaller but more vocal group that says, “I hate working from home and it’s incredibly stressful. I want to go back ASAP.”

I hope they can get their way as soon as possible--so long as they understand that a lot of their teammates won't want to join them and that the new normal will be less co-located generally.

I have zero problem with people who want work-life separation, so long as they don't insist on others to do the same based on their preferences.

(I was remote before anyway so it doesn't really affect me. What's missing now is meeting co-workers on trips.)