[falcolas]

> WFH disproportionately is worse for early in career people

Based off working with a bunch of younger co-workers (the average age of my co-workers is in the early/mid 20's) I'd say it's worse for people whose primary source of social interaction is work. They didn't have social contacts they could lean on outside of work.

Without the office, they were alone.

Those with spouses, or friends outside of the office, all did pretty well, and aren't clamoring to go back to the office.

Personally, I have a spouse and a number of friends who I continued to interact with outside of the office. This saw me through the coronavirus better than any house or a yard could have.

[superfrank]

Just to offer a counter example, I'm in my mid 30s and engaged. I'm an introvert, but my fiancee is an extrovert, so I have a big social circle and even during the pandemic, I've had more social commitments than I can handle.

Our office opened last week and I've been back in every day (and am sitting here now).

For me, going back into the office has nothing to do with my social life. Even prior to the pandemic, for the last 4 years, I've had the option to WFH as much as I wanted and I was still in office 3-4 days a week. I feel less productive at home and I miss having the division between work and home. My commute is my wind down time that allows me to turn my brain off work mode at the end of the day.

I think after COVID is gone, the name of the game will be flexibility. Treat people like adults and, as long as they're getting their work done and not negatively affecting the team, we should let them work where and when they want.