What are your thoughts on heading back to the office?

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I am so content in my life with WFH now it will be hard to go back to the office.

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Agreed WFH has been a dream for me for many, many years and its finally come true.

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I need to see people again. I really miss being able to swing by desks or mill about in the kitchen. I don't know if that life is over anyway, even back at the office, but I struggle being alone, as I live alone. However, I realllly want flexibility.

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I have not thought about it like that before. It's easier for me to have a sort of "default" on a social life with an office, because I'm not much of an extrovert, but that's a really good point. I haven't thought about aloneness in the context of being able to be more proactive about socializing...at least not in a long time.

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I want it flexible. WFH+office at my own terms. Occasionally coming to to office. I want to travel to different cities and work from there.

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Hard pass

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No interest in going back, other than as needed. I don't miss having to rush and deal with traffic all the time. These days of quality work and quality family time has been amazing.

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I've been fully remote for almost 7 years now and there is absolutely nothing that could induce me to go back to a physical office.

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I don't see the need for it. Being able to work from home adds value to the quality of life and having to work feels more rewarding.

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I don’t want to go back, in fact it is giving me anxiety. At home I am more efficient and also content. I know the flex option will not work because I will feel the social pressure that “everyone is in the office, some conversations are going on that I don’t know about” and out of fear I will go. But this will be a negative association for me and I will drag going to the office even more

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Maybe you should set-up a zoom call to your office PC so people can have impromptu discussions with you XD

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Office creates lots of time wasters. Would like to go to office only when useful.

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I want it on my own terms - ie, hotel desk model

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I worked in consulting during the early part of my career and the hoteling model definitely is the right model to institute if people are not coming into the office 4 days a week. Of course for those who come in 4-5 days permanent desks make a ton of sense

Looking forward to it. Wfh is really getting to me.

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I think it depends on your job. As a manager we have more flexibility. But our support guys collaborate all the time. They spend hours on meet or GTM calls. This will give them the chance to collaborate more effectively. I think flexibility in hours and schedules makes a ton of sense. But even my introverts would like to have team meetings and huddles again. I’m looking forward to being back in the office so I can separate my work and home life again. In IT we already compromise for “deadlines” or “emergencies” and work from home. But the last year there was no wall to keep them apart. I worked way too many hours because I would lose track of time and blow past stopping time. Having to go home should help with that. I think it all depends on how you work and what your job is made up of.

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Really has been great! No commute and just as productive

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Commuting to the office (or promoting that others should commute to the office when they don't 100% need to) during the climate emergency is a hard no for me. Why anything else is relevant is beyond me.

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I did - it sucks. And so does public transportation. WeDriveU is a great service/company, however. My initial comment was regarding the ridiculousness of citing the “climate emergency” as the only factor playing into WFH and the sentiment around it

I want flex if possible. I'm now used to being able to run to the dr, store, etc if I need to during the day. The only time I'm needed synchronously is meetings or if something breaks but that's what cell phones are for. I personally hate fixed office hours.

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If we have a flex schedule and teammates don’t coordinate days then the opportunity to swing by desks is gone. I think the in person synergy might not come back without a fair bit of effort.

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For me if I am disengaged at work I am unproductive, home or otherwise. An uninteresting job, poor leadership, or absent teamwork are common culprits.

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We need flexibility, the employee needs to have a choice. We are all at different stages, some need to be an office environment because they need structure and social interaction, mainly young employees just starting out. For employees who can be productive on their own, or employees with children, aging parents, sick family members, etc, WFH is ideal. Working in an office causes problems that we haven't discussed, like sexual harrassment, biased behaviors, gossip, jealousy, in general work place negative behavior, wfh almost completely eliminates the toxic environment.

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I hadn’t factored in these elements. Although some of the politics established before the pandemic persist even while WFH

When did we leave?

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Lol.. you are too quick!

Ecstatic.

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I can't wait to get back. Kids driving me crazy, and I miss the free coffee!

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Kids will grow up in 2 years and I believe we can buy a coffee machine at home. What do you think about that?

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When is your office re opening… A few details

ZS: January with an option to resume from April
EY: No communication but will require to travel to client location if permitted
DB: No communication yet but will follow hybrid model of 3days WFH
NT, CS: No communication yet
Barclays: Few staff have been asked to come to office as a pilot project into hybrid model.

What are your preferences?

I might be asking a lot, but does anyone have experience transitioning to permanent remote positions in analytics or data science at 40 hrs/week hard stop? Looking for suggestions on how to do it/good companies.

I’m ready to get out of the city and start a little farm business on the side.

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Hi fishes,

Currently working at Freshworks for 20LPA,
I want to change company because i need WFH.
Can i get some suggestions like where to apply as senior frontend engineer?

Exp CTC would be 35LPA +
Exp: 5.5 years

Any suggestions will be welcome.
Thanks in advance.

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Accenture India Employees - (1) How much does job location matter in getting good projects for a fresher(ASE- Lvl 12) ?

I am currently in Entry Level Pool-Bangalore and will be 'Soft Locked' to Bench in a month's time. I wish to change my job location to either Indore in MP(top priority) or to Pune(MH).

(2) Should I wait till I get a project in Bangalore and then change location only if WFH gets over (if that is possible) or change it right now ?
(3) Any idea till when WFH will last? Thanks 🙏

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Hey guys. Company is going back in person full time and really looking to stay remote. Do you have any leads to a remote position for someone who has about 2 years in a cyber security position. I have GSEC and working on GCDA. I’m going back for a part-time masters but for now, don’t have a ton of experience.

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Today I will be having an interview with Hexaware for data science role. I appreciate for sharing key points to crack it, and how well is the work culture & is it WFH ?

Having an offer Letter from Luxoft India, I'm .Net developer-8 yr experience. I am looking for permanent work from home.
Is Luxoft a good choice for me?
Job security is fine with Luxoft?

Will they call me to the office after some years? Worried too much. Please help...

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Hi Fishes,
What are the benefits of joining pwc? Do you have wfh allowance and embloyee well being for phone reimbursement like Deloitte?
If yes, is this level specific?

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Is Cognizant offering permanent WFH option for new joiners?

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Hi friends, Got two offers. One with: Humana(Remote)[Insurance based company]and another with Mastercard(Hybrid) (Ofallon, MO)-need to relocate after 6 months. Both are for Senior software Engineer. Humana- TC= 155K, Mastercard-TC=175. Which is a better option, as talk are going on that, recession will happen soon. I’m confused to choose, as some say Insurance company doesn’t get effected with recession. Please suggest.

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So I started a new RN job that’s remote and I really like it..But, I hate that I agreed to a lower pay than I originally wanted and the job has many more responsibilities than was initially discussed. Any suggestions or tips on discussing a salary increase after starting a postion?

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My school has seen combinations of f2f, hybrid, and remote teaching/learning throughout the first half of the school year. After the MLK holiday, our district is returning to traditional f2f teaching 100%. I have 4 band classes (1 beginning, 2 intermediate, & 1 advanced), and as far as content pacing is concerned, we’re 1 9-week grading period behind. Is it a far fetched goal to get my students where they need to be by the end of the school year? How would you handle a situation like this?

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Can someone please give me an insight on salary and work environment at Twitter I’m looking at the Associate Program Manager / Production role. It’s LA based. Is it hybrid, or WFH friendly at all? What’s the PTO like? Thanks a lot!

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Do fractal provide permanent wfh?

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Any remote Quality Specialist (Hedis) here?

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I am software account manager here in Canada and getting base salary 60k and 25 k variable.

I have a total 9 years of work in sales and services. 8 years in banking/financial sales now more than 1 year in Tech sales here in Canada.

I am right package or still there are many opportunities where I can get more ? share your thoughts and experiences please.

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Anyone who knows how to create boundaries for physical exercise ? Like a 1 hour session before the day starts.

I am scared of health taking a backseat with this sedentary lifestyle.

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Currently working as an Associate in CTS. Going to join PWC(Kolkata)as a Functional Tester. If anyone knows please give me an overview of PWC kolkata. about learning, WLB, job security, increment, office politics.

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@makemytrip @nagarro

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