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To: Ingtar
I like being in the office 3 days a week. Lunch is catered on Tuesday, usually enough leftovers for the next day. I’m in the Tax Department, and principals prefer to bring their questions face to face.

To each his own.

57 posted on 08/03/2023 11:27:33 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not
I think this "three days a week" model is eventually going to disappear. It will be replaced by either five days a week in the office, or fully remote work for most people.

I had a peer in my industry tell me how great the "three days a week" model works for her organization. Everyone is in the office Tuesday through Thursday, and works from home on Mondays and Friday.

She works for a government agency, so she's obviously completely in the dark about the biggest flaw in that arrangement. Bringing people into the office 3/5ths of the time only makes sense financially if you can reduce your office footprint by 40% and schedule your staff to work in shared arrangements. If everyone is coming to the office on the same three days, then the employer has to keep 100% of its office space even though it isn't being used 40% of the time during weekday business hours.

69 posted on 08/03/2023 11:35:03 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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