Once offices open back up do you guys think WLB will be better or worse? I know we will still be in consulting so I don’t expect dramatic changes but as someone who entered the work force during covid I really don’t have anything to compare. But I definitely do not like the weeks where there seems to be no logical break between work and sleep, much less time for myself. This past week was really rough and I’m questioning how I’ll survive

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I had more of a WLB when I was on the road every week. Being at home this past year has made me more of a hermit than I normally like to be.

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Amen. Things will improve massively for those like us once we are allowed back onsite/in the office.

I hope this WFH hangover doesn’t have it where we are both in the office and available after 8pm at home. The worst of both worlds is possible.

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My bet is that it'll be better. It will be a hybrid model, where we will travel sometimes (e.g. for important client meetings) but also have remote time to do research or weeks between big client steerco weeks. It doesn't make sense to go completely back to the old model.

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I'm going to work from home as much as I can for the rest of my career. All my stuff is here. Hours of commuting are not worth the minor benefit of people pinging you less if they see you walking out the door of the office.

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Agreed! After those long nights I’d rather just go to my bed and open my laptop right beside me because I get more sleep

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Better. I can only see productivity decreasing due to commute and interruptions

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There's not much life now - mostly work so it can only improve.

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My firm got rid of all of its offices and is moving to a remote model. So when travel does pick up again, we will go to clients M-Th, as needed. Otherwise we are home. The firm is planning on having monthly get togethers in different parts of the country that we would all go to on their dime based on the capital saved.

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