Has anyone else interviewed in an almost empty office while the company still pushes a strict RTO policy? I had an in-person interview today, and the office felt like a ghost town. They require 4 days in office, but most of the team seemed to be offshore or in other locations. I don’t mind RTO, but it made me wonder what the point is if you’re commuting just to sit in a quiet office on Zoom calls all day.

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Maybe everyone quit

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Haha maybe!

I feel you. Many days I have the same experience at my office but that’s how it was pre-covid. I’m not saying it’s justified but that used to be the expectation.

To be fair, that was 5 years ago 😃

The point is not what you actually do in the office, but that you spend money because you need to be in the office, and that money keeps the economy going.

well, the government and the employers think employees should

I’ve seen companies with an expectation to be in the office at first and then getting more lax about it the longer they’ve worked at the company. Could this be the case?

That could be the case. I've seen that too. I guess my concern is that it’s hard to know during interviews whether that flexibility is real or just something that happens informally.

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