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Originally Posted by Build.It
I have always thought hybrid is stupid. Fulltime in the office is the best, with the ability to WFH when there is a legitimate reason why someone can't come into the office on a particular day.
Office >> Remote > Hybrid
Personally about every 10th business day I burnout and am mentally unable to commute. On those days I catch up on sleep and work from home (once every 2 weeks). I also live 75km from the office though and work much longer hours than most.
I wouldn't ask anyone to do my commute, but asking people who live 20 minutes away to come to the office everyday is entirely reasonable, especially when they can choose what time they want to start.
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I'm pretty strongly in favour of hybrid, but I think it depends entirely on the job.
I'm a structural steel estimator. I spend days at a time just marking up PDF drawings to measure all the steel. For this, it's great to be at home with no distractions from other people. Head down, get'r done.
But then when I'm turning that takeoff into dollars, I need to talk to production, procurement, engineering, shipping etc. For all those it's better to be in the office.
There's also something to be said for learning by osmosis rather than a scheduled Teams chat. You pick up a lot of things from the conversations around you, and the reverse, you often can add a suggestion or idea if someone is discussing something you've come across before, that they may not have know you had knowledge about.
And less direct than that, having coffee break with others, playing cards, chatting about the weekend, etc. can build a lot of team cohesion which then helps when working together.