[beambot]

Keep in mind: The average tenure for big-tech employees is less than 3 years -- and usually more like 2 years [1].

We were all abruptly pushed into WFH due to the circumstances. It's perfectly logical to embrace this status quo, and then just gradually transition back to the office (in full or in part) as the dust settles.

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/average-employee-tenure-rete...

[tessierashpool]

not all, no. many people were pushed into this. but many people have been doing this for a very long time, and we do it very differently from the people who just got pushed into it.

[kamranjon]

Ya we work in our underwear!

[karmasimida]

Hard to tell.

The future is hybrid. Not all people would go back to office that often, making office less important, and company would spend less on office benefits. This is a self-enforcing feedback loop.

[wpietri]

Yup. For work that can be done remotely, I think there are only two stable points. One is where you and your colleagues are in the same space almost all your working time. The other is full remote probably with occasional get-togethers for bonding and close collaboration. (Monthly to quarterly are the common frequencies I see.)

I suspect anything in between won't work very well. "Come in when you like" is obviously untenable; if there's no knowing when your colleagues will be in the office, then there's not much point in going in either. (Except maybe to near-to-home cafes and coworking spaces, which I expect to become more popular.) All of the N-days-a-week compromises end up seeming pretty arbitrary.

I honestly really enjoy close, collocated collaboration. But it seems so impractical to get all the right people close enough that the productivity bump is worth the commute. I expect I'll be working mostly remote from now on.