“Return to office” demands may have peaked, with employers accepting remote, work-from-home and hybrid working, research from the Australian HR Institute has found.
A survey of human resources professionals shows employers’ demands for full-time staff to be in the office between three to five days are falling.
What’s next?
More than 80 per cent of survey respondents expect that hybrid working levels will increase or stay the same in the coming two years.
Fuck. I just had a really promising interview, but it was three days in office, three days remote (5 days a week, so the days gradually rotate). I’ve worked remote for 15 years, not including three months in a terrible office job that I promptly quit.
I’m making a mistake considering this, aren’t I?
Depends on how good the offer is I suppose.
If it offsets the inconvenience and additional cost by a significant margin, or if there’s other reasons why it would be good to take it (ceiling at current job, better progression prospects at new company, other quality of life perks, …) then you shouldn’t ditch it outright.
But 15 years without going to an office, it could be a jarring experience. Consider well how this will affect your daily routines: force yourself to go to a shared workspace and work from there 3x a week, then evaluate if it works for you or not.
Sigh. Dunno. The money’s good and job market appears to be tightening up again, around west coast US anyway.
Maybe take it and negotiate an extra day remote?