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Not going back to the office seems pretty split around age lines to me. Most people in their mid thirties and up want to keep WFH full time. Early thirties is a
by Grimm1 5y ago
Not going back to the office seems pretty split around age lines to me. Most people in their mid thirties and up want to keep WFH full time. Early thirties is a mix, and then all the ways down from there seems like they want to be back in the office. Of course this isn’t a hard rule but continues to be my observation across a few workplaces and from friends and acquaintances.
- mrtranscendence 5y agoI'm forty, and for what it's worth I'd be more than happy going back to the office if I had a short commute. But the drive home can take as much as 1.5hrs depending on traffic, and it was a little soul crushing. I've had so much more time since going remote. Maybe younger folks are more likely to live closer to their work? Haven't looked into it at all, though.
- School-Cotton 5y agoI agree with your speculation in the last paragraph — I think this is at least partly due to the age difference. Younger people are more likely to be able to move on a whim and therefore set up their life such that they don’t have a 1.5-hr commute. I’m about a 20 minute commute from the office (Downtown Brooklyn to Astor Place). I can’t fathom living somewhere where I had to drive to work, let alone for longer than an hour.
- mrtranscendence 5y agoThe funny thing is that I did this to myself, at least partially. When I switched jobs we looked for places that were in the middle between my fiancee's work and my own. Somehow that turned into a long commute for me and ten minutes for her ...