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by phendrenad2 2074 days ago
There's going to be a BIG push to go back to offices soon. I expect some companies will start experimenting with micro-offices (4-5 employees in a medium wework room).
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Highly disagree. Most people I know don't want to return to the office. Any company that makes a "BIG" push to force employees back to offices will see a ton of attrition since now practically every company is remote.
I think we're both right. FAANG-tier companies may push for a return to the office, and a lot of good engineers will go elsewhere.
> I expect some companies will start experimenting with micro-offices (4-5 employees in a medium wework room).

And what is this going to achieve? This is a stupid idea.

Agree, 4-5 employees sharing a room is indeed a stupid idea during the pandemic, not to mention the loss of effectiveness when the company doesn't commit to remote-only.

The idea that may make sense is to provide some sort of WFH allowance, so that people can either enhance their own workplace, or seek individual offices in some co-working space. But I guess all the co-working space providers have committed to open floor plan.