If You Thought Working From Home Was Messy, Here Comes Hybrid Work

[brooklynite]

Wall Street Journal

It took months for bosses and employees to adjust to working remotely in the pandemic. The next era of work might be even more messy.

Companies are laying down new rules and setting expectations for hybrid work as some workers come back in and others remain out of office. At JPMorgan Chase & Co., employees on some teams can schedule work-from-home days, but not on Mondays or Fridays. At Salesforce.com Inc. offices that have reopened, Thursdays are proving to be the most popular in-office day, creating high demand for meeting rooms and collaboration spaces, and prompting the company to rethink its office design.

Executives at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have voiced worries that workers who stay remote could wind up as second-class corporate citizens, falling behind in promotions and pay, so the company plans to track rates of advancement for office-based and remote staff in an effort to make sure nobody lags behind.

After months of discussions, big employers from Humana Inc. in Louisville, Ky., to Nike Inc. near Portland, Ore., say they are cementing plans to return to corporate complexes after Labor Day—in some cases relaxing capacity restrictions—while also promising employees some measure of flexibility in where they work.

My office is going to an "A Days/B Days" schedule (in office 3 days a week, then 2 days a week). To keep everyone together, my Dept had to play musical offices.

Retirement (June 30) is looking better and better...

[3catwoman3]

1. I retired on March 31st, and I am so glad.

No more electronic medical records. No more telemedicine (what a joke). No more on call. No more spending 3 hours extra a night getting completing the computer documentation that I did not have time for during the patient office visits.

I miss new babies and first time parents, but that is about all.

[Demovictory9]

2. congrats on the retirement

[Ms. Toad]

3. Been doing hybrid work since August. n/t

[Generic Brad]

4. I start that next week

I got promoted to a newly created position this past year. For the next three months I am sharing an office with the person who took my old position. We each occupy the office every other week.

After Labor Day I don’t know where I will be. We are expected to return full time then, but there is no space for me to work in. It’s a little unsettling because I no longer have personal space. Oh, well. I’ll just roll with whatever happens.

[Ace Rothstein]

5. I've been remote full-time for a bit over 5 years.

I hope to never have an in office job again.