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I work with hardware so I’ve been hybrid-ish, going in to get equipment, working from the office for a few days, then going off and working from home for a coup
by nickysielicki 5y ago
I work with hardware so I’ve been hybrid-ish, going in to get equipment, working from the office for a few days, then going off and working from home for a couple weeks, rinse repeat.
I think that this style of hybrid works well. I go in and get reacclimated to the space, get a nice burst of work done over a week or two, then finishing touches and planning comes in the WFH weeks. But what I don’t like about this is that there’s a cost to changing spaces: I’m not at peak productivity until the third day after the move in either direction.
Management is pushing for 3 days a week hybrid, which I think is going to be a nightmare. It’s the worst of both worlds. Tuesday will become Monday, Thursday will become Friday, and Monday and Friday will be spent just queuing stuff up for next Wednesday.
I think hybrid is going to be a disaster for most companies unless they understand this and become a bit more imaginative and less prescriptive (“x days in the office per week”).
- HeyLaughingBoy 5y agoOur management was pushing for the same thing. This after I started last summer and was told they were 100% remote for those people who wanted to be. So far it looks like there's been sufficient pushback that it's not happening. We also work with hardware and the first complaint I heard was the pain in the ass of having to move the hardware between work and home multiple times a week.