The push back to the office

I’m about to take off to South Lake for a couple days of remote work and a weekend up in the sun. I’ve been lucky that my best friend moved up there and has an extra bedroom for me. It’s been a nice vacation home to visit every couple of months.

On another note, it appears that companies are finally forcing employees back to the office. Out of all companies, Zoom is now going back into the office. I’ve seen various other startups of different sizes also asking employees to move to an office or leave the company.

I had predicted that this would start happening more especially as the market turns, but I never would have thought that Zoom would be one of the companies leading the charge.

I am a supporter of the hybrid work model where people come into the office regularly, but have the ability to work from home or elsewhere when they need to. I believe this provides the best balance of making sure employees are collaborating, but at the same time catering to everyone’s expanding.

I do think the straw that broke the camel’s back will be because of low impact employees. There are a lot of people candidly taking advantage of remote work and a lot of people just would be better in an office. I’ve seen and heard some crazy stories over the years.

I expect this trend to continue quite a bit more towards the end of the year. I can see companies setting a deadline starting in 2024 as well.