| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 15:27 - May 24 with 467 views | blueasfook |
I aint going back to the office. They can bite me. |  |
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| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 15:31 - May 24 with 455 views | Kropotkin123 |
| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 10:53 - May 24 by chicoazul |
So productivity is proven to rise in these environments? I promise I’m not being obtuse I’m genuinely interested. |
I work in a role where anyone can and indeed does come to my office to ask my team something. These responsibilities can be shared amongst our team. I choose to work 3 days in the office and 2 at home per week. It means I can do deeper level, uninterrupted work for two days, and share the responsibility of drop-ins when I am in the office. My team is 4 people, and it means all of us are more productive than we were for 8 days. I think if we worked 3 days at home we could accommodate it, but it would slowly lead us to be less productive, as the burden on those in the office would be too great. |  |
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| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 15:49 - May 24 with 428 views | BlueBadger |
| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 15:27 - May 24 by blueasfook |
I aint going back to the office. They can bite me. |
The only difference between you working in an office and you WFH is that you no longer have to put on trousers whilst you're posting on here, in all fairness. |  |
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| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 16:21 - May 24 with 392 views | Dubtractor |
| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 11:40 - May 24 by DanTheMan |
We've had people with 1-2 years but not anyone that junior. We don't have the required team sizes to give them the attention they would require.
I would agree it would be very difficult to mentor someone that young but it could be done, it would just require more effort. I think some of the biggest issues is that people treat WFH as the opposite to being in the office. In my team we (for the most part) have a call open all day with us in it, even with cameras off. We're talking for most of the day, even if it's about non-work stuff. There are times you drop off to focus but it's rare.
I think the issue most people have isn't that WFH doesn't work, it's just that they aren't actually doing it right if that makes sense. It's a skill all of its own, and it probably does not work for everyone.
For example my mother said she could never concentrate working from home, whereas I've never had any issue. I'm way more productive WFH than I was in the office, and I'm happier. |
Just replying to this, and adding to my earlier thoughts, I agree fully about being more productive wfh. Sure there are some distractions, but nowhere near as much as a day in the office. That said, I'm in a 'senior' role and can see the importance of being easily available to the wider team and more readily sharing information through informal chats in the office. |  |
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| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 17:18 - May 24 with 369 views | eireblue |
| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 12:16 - May 24 by The_Realist_09 |
A year into my job straight out of uni, wfh 90% of the time and I'm not a fan at all. Struggled to feel part of a team and was frustrating having to ask questions over a message or putting video calls into people's calendars etc. Also don't really feel like I have a connection with my colleagues or the firm I am working for as I've not really been around the offices much.
I think a hybrid system is probably the sweet spot and would have been much better for me personally. Call me old fashioned but it just feels different chatting to someone over a call as opposed to in person. Almost feels sad on a human level to not be around other humans and sat at a desk on your own all day...
I guess circumstances also play a role in this, if you have a young family etc then this adds more variables to your decision. |
You and/or people in your company may find a book by Julie Hansen called something like “Look me in the Eye: Using Video to build relations”
My company does take in graduates, and we run an inter program.
It does take effort by your employer.
A reality, depending on what role you are in, is that you will be engaging with people outside your company remotely.
Chico makes the point about entry level sales people, and as an example, it is a good one*
The people you are selling two, may not be in the office, and virtual hybrid meetings can be much easier to arrange, and get third parties to attend. So being comfortable in such an environment is going to be very useful.
*you may need to wait about 18 months for the next one from Chico…no, they are not like buses. [Post edited 24 May 2022 19:36]
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| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 17:22 - May 24 with 357 views | factual_blue |
| ONS Survey on Hybrid Working on 15:49 - May 24 by BlueBadger |
The only difference between you working in an office and you WFH is that you no longer have to put on trousers whilst you're posting on here, in all fairness. |
blueas doesn't wear trousers when working in the office?
Sometimes these diverse HR policies go a bit too far. |  |
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