“Here’s a thought: If your boss tells you to come in, get your butt in.”
Here’s a thought: If you boss tells you to come in, get another boss at another company that “gets it”.
Here’s a thought: If you boss tells you to come in, get another boss at another company that “gets it”.
"Getting it" is in the eye of the beholder.
Sure, "facetime" may seem like BS - and it is frequently - but for industries where there is a high human interactivity dimension to delivering shareholder value, it is VITAL that people work in person.
I never saw a successful sports team, musical combo, or military outfit where everyone worked in isolation and NEVER "practiced" together/only met on Game Day/Show Time/D-Day. Same holds true for many sectors in America today like financial services, healthcare, retail, oil & gas, and so on.
To be sure, some sectors can thrive where employees work remotely all the time. And to be fair, I got a LOT done when I was working remotely in early 2020 when I let my hair down so to speak - indeed I had to censor myself when I got back to the office because I got used to cursing up a blue storm at home while on mute.
Some people also may thrive in that remote all the time environment, including introverts, parents, people with live-in/elderly parents, people on the spectrum, grumpy old men, Deplorables who haaaaate forced pronouns or "join us in the lounge for free tofu on bring your imaginary spouse to work day." More power to them, and if you're a waitress and hate people, you CAN get an office job. Despite Reichskanzler Bidet's recent speech, it's still a free country.
At the same time, people who have the emotional intelligence to understand how many careers work, will thrive with return to office. That doesn't make them a sheep or a fake. It makes them the corporate equivalent of a concealed carrier with situational awareness.
/tinfoilhat