There are a lot of news articles about “back to the office”, but they recirculate the same bad ideas. Let’s provide some new ideas for the media to circulate. It may also have the effect of making the office less terrible.
I would like my work computer to do Windows updates lightning quick in the office. It currently takes weeks, in or out of the office. Stopping in for a day makes no difference, so there is no point. Now, if there was a point, I would go in.
What would get you in the office?
The faster career movement thing is real and I’d a big reason I go in.
No matter how effective learning remotely is, it’s much more organic in person.
Not to mention relationship building with superiors is definitely a plus for a number of reasons:
When promoting someone, being able to choose someone you know wouldn’t drive you crazy is a huge positive. And most would rather promote someone they work well with than someone who is anti social but is 5% more effective in their metrics.