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Will you return to the office?
They are currently terminating the restrictions at least here in Finland. What are your thoughts now - do you continue working at home or go back to the office? Is it your own choice or does your employer demand something in one way or another? What do you miss most if returning to the office?
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Aino Valtonen
My role requires independent work, so I could easily do it at home. However, it is good to sometimes meet other people at the office, otherwise I would just feel like a prisoner being at home 24/7. On the other hand, I would have fewer distractions at home compared to the office.
I think there are pros and cons to both options, which is why I really like hybrid work. Best of both worlds :)
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@aino_v @eeri2 From my experience, having a good work station is essential to be productive at home. When I work in my open living-kitchen area, every time I look around I would see unfinished home projects or chores to be done and that really bugs me off.
Recently I learned a tip to make a separated working space, it can be something as simple as setting up a desk that you'll only use during working hours, and the view should be not busy, facing a window for example. Setting such simple boundaries have been working well for me :D
Personally, I will choose a hybrid, as in my current role employer doesn't have demands regarding if I'm at the office or not. I already miss my walking meetings when doing remotely, but facilities are better and the work environment more peaceful (especially when you have a small child at home) at the office. And as a social person, I have really missed my colleagues and live meetings despite all the great remote-work apps.
I can be more productive at office - at home, theres always something to distract and something "better" to do. Full focus, full creativity, full productivity without distractions.
Interesting topic! I’m always super productive when working from home and my breaks include house chores. It’s a win-win as when the work day is done, the chores are already taken cared of AND the active brakes make me more efficient while working.
Then again, commuting to the office and back makes it easier for my brain to switch from work-mode to home-mode and vice versa. So hybrid is my choice and I’m happy we’re allowed to make our own decisions based on our needs rather than being forced to do either ”just because”. ✌🏻
I think its going to be hybrid but selected fully remote since it anyways will be +90% remote. It is important to have fully equipped work station at home and interesting to see how employers support that going forward.
I can focus better when I work at home but I also want to see my colleagues, so I most probably will continue with the hybrid in the future, as well :)
Hybrid seems to be the most common answer. The company I work at has actually recruited a few developers lately and noticed that even though the fully remote is the thing right now, they have appreciated our option for having coworking space in their city of choice. And that's great flexibility in my opinion because nowadays you can work anywhere with any company and still take the advantage of most of those good things about remote working and office.
I will choose hybrid, it will be the smartest way for me. I love to have colleagues around me but it isn´t possible every day. I might as well spend those days working from home when i don't have co-workers in the office :)
Its good to go to the office to interact with people. Though commuting takes time and that is the main disadvantage. Also, I managed to work even more home. We at our company would like to make the work in a way when everything may be operated on a distance, so kinda nurturing that in ourselves.
Sadly I think I'll be forced to go back to the office for my day job, which I don't mind from a social perspective. Thankfully though my company has said it will allow hybrid working from now on though - don't think I could go in 5 days a week anymore!
Luckily I am a full-time remote worker, however I still choose to occasionally fly in to meet the team in person if the situation allows. Productivity wise remote working is perfect for me, but I want to build strong personal connections with people I work with and it's easier to do that face-to-face.
Judging from similar responses here, I believe the future of work is not about whether we will continue remote work or go back to the office, but to give workers the flexibility to choose a working environment that ensure both their productivity and well-being :)
Pretty unlikely that I would ever return fully to the office. I would like to travel as I work now that it might actually be possible. but meeting my team at least once a quarter and spending some time socially with each other would be important to me though.
At least the Finnish universities are in remote-mode for the whole spring, and most of the conferences in summer and early autumn seem to have switched to online. I would have appreciated meeting someone IRL during my studies, but can't really complain about much else. I'll return to 8-5 office after the summer when I finish my studies.
Not even able to come back to the office because I've moved to a different country.
