How was your adjustment to RTO?

Considering a move from bay area to NYC for a job offer. I’ve been WFH since start of covid and NYC would be my only offer that’s full RTO; others are either remote or hybrid.

Full RTO seems stifling to me; how was your adjustment?

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WFH sucked here in NYC for most because being cooped up in a $6-8/sqft/month apartment when you have an entire office to go to is a whole lot nicer.

At least that was my experience with it. My wife and I sharing a one bedroom apartment WFH was pretty hell when we’d both have meetings at the same time.

The RTO full time was welcomed here.

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ha nice forgot about the housing situation there. My current apt size would be ~4k/mo there. Seems kinda old fashioned even from the corp side to keep everyone there despite the higher costs of everything

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I work from the office 5 days most weeks and you get readjusted pretty quickly. I know all my coworkers but I bet if you were new, you would get to know people a lot quicker than WFH. You might also find that while they say you are returning to the office, people occasionally work from home on fridays.

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I have been team RTO ever since Covid happened. I’ve been coming to the office since September 2020. I currently work in office 3-5 days a week but I’m hybrid so have the option to WFH when I need/want. I love working from the office but cannot imagine accepting a job for a company that requires full RTO (or full remote). If you’ve been remote for the last several years and go full office it might be a tough transition. I’d consider requesting a hybrid approach before accepting an offer.

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