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As someone who's worked mostly remote for going on 15 years now, there will evolve a hybrid approach. There's too much value to the individual in remote work f
by nkozyra 2y ago
As someone who's worked mostly remote for going on 15 years now, there will evolve a hybrid approach.
There's too much value to the individual in remote work for it to go away and there's too much value to the team to have a space to meet periodically. Some people thrive in remote, some people thrive in-office. I've had moments of both - there's definitely benefit to getting up earlier, dressed, commuting, being around other people but it doesn't have to be every day.
The office space comment is often made derisively, and I think it's definitely true. Huge, expensive offices need to be justified at some point, and when long-term leases expire a lot of larger companies will opt for new options. I just don't know what that is. Less space? Shared spaces? Hard to say. Another reason for offices is for appearances and recruitment. A great, beautiful office can be inspiring sometimes, and it's really nice to have that option.
But ultimately I think the wastefulness of full-time RTO will hit these companies and their CEOs and we'll have a lot more hybrid with mostly WFH at least in our industry.