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I was a strong proponent of WFH for years. I fought tooth and nail for more flexible policies at my previous employers. After having done it now for over a year

I was a strong proponent of WFH for years. I fought tooth and nail for more flexible policies at my previous employers. After having done it now for over a year full-time, I'm done. I don't want to WFH full-time anymore. Part of it is that I'm at a different point in my life: I have kids now so having some physical separation between home and work is almost required. the other reason is that its so hard to integrate with a company when you're fully remote. I've never felt more like a cog in the machine than this last year. Ultimately, some companies will move to completely remote work. Most will go back to at least a hybrid in-person model. For the latter, I suspect that most WFH employees will eventually go back to the office once they realize that they're second class employees and that they're effectively frozen out of the traditional career progression model by being remote.

mtberatwork 5y ago
> Ultimately, some companies will move to completely remote work. Most will go back to at least a hybrid in-person model. For the latter, I suspect that most WFH employees will eventually go back to the office once they realize that they're second class employees and that they're effectively frozen out of the traditional career progression model by being remote. I disagree. This is a problem if the majority of workers are in the office full time and only a small group are remote. If the office is entirely WFH or hybrid, then everyone is a remote worker. Also, the traditional career model has been changing drastically even before the pandemic. These days workers need to move horizontally, across companies, to achieve any kind of progression in their careers. The vertical move up the corporate ladder is becoming a relic. Mind you, I'm not saying that is good or bad, just commenting on the current situation.

mtberatwork 5y ago

> Ultimately, some companies will move to completely remote work. Most will go back to at least a hybrid in-person model. For the latter, I suspect that most WFH employees will eventually go back to the office once they realize that they're second class employees and that they're effectively frozen out of the traditional career progression model by being remote. I disagree. This is a problem if the majority of workers are in the office full time and only a small group are remote. If the office is entirely WFH or hybrid, then everyone is a remote worker. Also, the traditional career model has been changing drastically even before the pandemic. These days workers need to move horizontally, across companies, to achieve any kind of progression in their careers. The vertical move up the corporate ladder is becoming a relic. Mind you, I'm not saying that is good or bad, just commenting on the current situation.