[jasonpeacock]

Firstly, I won't be convinced that we've beaten the pandemic and recovered until we get through a major holiday without a surge. If we make it through January after both Thanksgiving & Christmas/New Year's (with all of the travel and open-for-business states) without a 5th wave (or whatever the next surge is by then), I'll finally start relaxing and think about going back to the office on some sort of schedule.

Until then, we've already shown that (for tech workers) we can work from home. There's no point in going back to the office just to sit at every-other-desk, have limited conference room occupancy, and wear a mask all day.

Many people have challenging home situations and the office is better for them - that's fine, go to the office. But companies shouldn't be requiring a return to the office until we can all return "normally" and safely. Even then, personally I don't want to be in the office 5 days a week. I'd prefer 2 days a week for facetime/meetings/socializing, and 3 days being productive & meeting-free at home.

[cm2012]

If you're personally vaccinated it kind of doesn't matter if there's another wave amongst the unvaccinated, no? Plus tech workers probably have a 90% Vax rate.

[stunt]

I have cautiously considered at least two more years of dealing with pandemic in all my plans because we can't confidently say anything now. We're still learning how long COVID-19 vaccines protect people which has a direct impact on how long it will take to get rid of it properly.