[macNchz]

> With that comes some unique space challenges, including but not limited to how does having a desk work if only 50% of people are in the office on a given day.

I've heard of companies hot-desking like this so they can have fewer desks than total employees, splitting each desk between people whose schedules are "out of phase" with each other. It sounds basically intolerable.

I'm somewhat less sensitive to many common office complaints than a lot of sw engineers I've worked with, but if this were something my employer announced I'd be on my way out immediately.

[michaelt]

It'd certainly be alienating not to have a desk if you were in the office every day.

But if you're doing two days a week in the office, all your meetings will move into those days so they can happen in person, so you'll miss having your own desk less.

[dont__panic]

Sounds frustrating to coordinate meetings between different teams.