Biden urges return to office

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108. Couldn't agree more

I'm back in the office 3 days per week now, but that's due to the nature of my work, much of which can't be done from home (I'm with DoD). Savings in commuting time and emissions are wonderful.

I have six direct reports under me, and between them, 42 other employees. Even though much of our work needs to be done inside the office, I work closely with my direct reports to ensure that we are doing all we can to maximize flexibility for our employees, whatever that may be for them.

We have a few employees who prefer to be in the office all the time, but most want at least one or two days per week at home. From a management perspective, it's a bit more work to ensure that we have the "inside" coverage we need for classified issues, but I view a big part of my job as ensuring that my employees are able to achieve a satisfactory work/life parity. That means conducting unclassified work in the unclassified environment so that people are able to continue with a degree of telework. It also means pushing back on leadership above me when they get into the "people need to be in the office to do anything productive" mindset.

I'm a 60 year old male, BTW.