So now we've got some folks working remotely and some back in the office. I am wondering, are the office folks going to get preferential treatment? Anyone choosing to go into the office now even if they don't have to?

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I think remote workers have to work a lot harder to stay relevant…both in terms of quality of work and in terms of the whole out of sight out of mind thing

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*Joe Pesci voice: Preferential treatment how?

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Better asignments? Doubt it.
Faster promotions? Not faster but for sure you’ll be considered more than a remote one.
Creative freedom? Not sure what this has to do with being remote/in office.
Not getting laid off? LMFAO, respectfully.

I can't imagine it not working in one's favor, especially once more and more people start showing up. Given how the business is going, I wouldn't want to be one of the few who are still remote. The tides have turned in the other direction and the companies now have the upper hand.

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In management, too. I don’t really give a shit if you’re in the office or not as long as you’re doing a good job and that you’re present during calls/meetings. Be on screen. Participate. Add value. It’s the remote workers who hide from the world that bun me out.

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Even without preferential treatment there's going to be a bias towards people in the office. Easier to access. Easier to build rapport. Easier to see them doing small things well.

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I don’t generally care when or how people work except on 2 specific subjects:

If a client meeting occurs in person and someone chooses to WFH during it - after the 3rd time, I consider them a ‘nice to have’ but no longer a ‘need to have’ on the team. Rapport is critical. If they won’t be in person to build it, they won’t need to benefit from it.

If on the odd chance a meeting is designed for the team to get to know one another, once a quarter, maybe less — and you’re always the person with an excuse to not be present, I assume you’re not really that interested in the team and I’m not that interested in worrying about you in the long run.

Both of these examples might require a person in the office 7x in a calendar year.

That’s just me though, everyone else’s mileage may vary.

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If the work is good it shouldn't matter where they're working from.

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