I do not mind working in the office but the COMMUTE kills me and my work life balance. With a commute I will not see my kid on weekdays and will spend an extra 6-15 hours in traffic each week.

I have been WFH since the pandemic began and am hoping to continue WFH 90% of the time indefinitely.

Aside from my personal desires I think flexible WFH options is the humane option for employers to make as it benefits work/life balance and lessens environmental impact.

What are your thoughts?

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Plain and simple WFH is the best

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Amen!!!!!

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Flexible WFH - absolutely!
Mandatory WFH - terrible
Mandatory On-Site - pretty bad

Really glad to hear that you've benefitted from the WFH, and everyone's situation is different - some people will want to be in the office 4-5 days a week after this, some 2-3, some almost never. Flexibility reduces emissions and traffic congestion and it's better for the humans, and hopefully it becomes normal after this ends!

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Totally agree! Think in office should still be an option. Honestly if I could afford to live right by my office and therefore commute was not an issue I would prefer being in the office at least 50% of the time.

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If the commute is killing you then live closer to the office. Benefits WLB and lessens environmental impact.

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It’s the cluelessness for me 😂

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I’m with you OP. Good thing is I think MANY companies will be adopting a hybrid plan going forward, and we won’t have to commute as much

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I do not miss my one hour each way commute every day.

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OP, I’m right along with you. I live in NJ but work in NYC —- even when everything goes perfect - commute is pure trash.

We are supposed to be going back to the office in 2022 and most likely hybrid. The the number of WFH days is a major concern - time and money - two things you can never get back

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OMG you just reminded me of having to be a clock jockey . Literally at 4 PM every day I was constantly looking at the time fearful that if I missed my window - the evening was screwed ( subway and bus) . I don’t want to go back to that nonsense

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I’m not planning to be in office more than 1 day per week, regardless of the decisions made around wfh. I’m willing to escalate if necessary but my manager isn’t even in the same office and doesn’t care.

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Same here. And now that both my sons have jobs - if I don’t stay up until 10 pm, I wouldn’t see them for a few days. 😞

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It would seem that a tech company like amazon would embrace the wfh model

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They are probably trying to get a sense of what other large companies are doing before they definitely state their game plan

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Completely agree!

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I switched firms during the pandemic and I dont have my drivers license yet, so I'm just hoping there's a bit more time between me and any mandatory client site visits.

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I'm with you on the traffic.
But also, I'm really dreading having to put real pants on.

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A few years ago I ended up having to take a major step back on my career due to my 4 hour round trip commute and my husband’s travel schedule as I couldn’t make it to daycare before they closed (at 7PM!) because my company had zero flexibility.

I’m really hoping companies embrace WFH so I can have a larger geographical area to look for a new job and get my career back on track. Even if I could do hybrid it would help.

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I live on the Newcastle/Renton border. Just moved here from deeper Renton so not sure the commute yet but old commute was an hour in the morning on average and a little more than that in evening. Unless you do a 7 to 3 schedule then you can beat a lot of traffic. But I hear the 90 is better than 405 at least.

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OP may I ask you where you live? I am moving to Issaquah soon and once the office opens I have to go into DT Seattle. Wondering how bad the commute is going to be.

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