As it should be. Hybrid is the correct answer. Not full time RTO, not full time at home, Hybrid. The negotiation is in how hybrid should look, and will vary from situation to situation
Sorry but I’m going to sound very corpo for a sec:
I perform significantly better in my role when I’m not in the office. It’s too distracting and I HATE being perceived. Had a major surgery and got out of hybrid for 6 months and both quarters were insanely above my usual kpis. Like, in Q1 of this FY I’ve managed to outperform I did in H1 last FY.
Granted some of that comes from an additional year of experience. But when I’m left the heck alone I shine. Now if I could have less of a customer-facing role and still make the same salary…
Hybrid is the worst of both worlds, you don’t meet your collegues when you’re at the office because they choose to be in on a different day, and you can’t live where ever in a similar timezone because you still need to be able to get to the office in a reasonable time.
As it should be. Hybrid is the correct answer. Not full time RTO, not full time at home, Hybrid. The negotiation is in how hybrid should look, and will vary from situation to situation
I have a real problem with hybrid for roles that don’t require an in-office presence because it arbitrarily region locks a role.
Sorry but I’m going to sound very corpo for a sec:
I perform significantly better in my role when I’m not in the office. It’s too distracting and I HATE being perceived. Had a major surgery and got out of hybrid for 6 months and both quarters were insanely above my usual kpis. Like, in Q1 of this FY I’ve managed to outperform I did in H1 last FY.
Granted some of that comes from an additional year of experience. But when I’m left the heck alone I shine. Now if I could have less of a customer-facing role and still make the same salary…
Hybrid is the worst of both worlds, you don’t meet your collegues when you’re at the office because they choose to be in on a different day, and you can’t live where ever in a similar timezone because you still need to be able to get to the office in a reasonable time.
There’s no one single “correct answer.” There are plenty of jobs where full time at home is just fine.
Hybrid is the worst of both worlds. You have to maintain an at-home office AND the office that is largely empty.
enterprising execs will take advantage of this, then use RTO for soft layoffs. Wax and wane until laws change.