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Ask HN: Who's getting pulled back into the office?

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Sweden has, as of today, retracted all Covid-19 restriction as is basically we're "back to normal". Within 12 hours several companies went out and said we are all going back to the office. Some companies (like mine) said mandatory one day per week in the office, others said "fun's over, back in the office 100%".

What's your situation?

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#2
I never got to leave the office, except for the brief period I had contracted COVID and was quarantined at home. Unsurprisingly I had contracted it at work.

Consequently, I can't share the enthusiasm of the crowd that seems to have deluded itself into believing this whole mess would usher in the age of the Glorious Work From Home revolution.

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I highly doubt it will ever be required at my company. Too many people made permanent moves away from the office, some nearby (2-3 hours away, but doable occasionally) and some far away (cross country). They know they'd lose a lot of people if they called everyone back.

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In my city, Covid infections are still higher than they were at the peak last winter, so there has not been much discussion about returning to the office, though our offices are open and anyone can go in and work there if they choose.

We were told early on that we would get a 30 day warning if we were expected to come back to the office, and management for my team has said they would never require us to come back, that it would always be optional. (Always is a long time. I'm under no illusion that this policy is immutable).

I would be very surprised if myself or any of my peers asked to come back to the office in the next year or so.

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In my city, Covid infections are still higher than they were at the peak last winter, so there has not been much discussion about returning to the office, though our offices are open and anyone can go in and work there if they choose. We were told early on that we would get a 30 day warning if we were expected to come back to the office, and management for my team has said they would never require us to come back, th…

I wouldn't bet on 30 day warning, we were told the same thing (6 weeks) and then the communication became come back in next week.

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I'm working fully remote (for now), so I'm trying to figure out when the tech industry will be going back to the office in Dublin by reaching out to local recruiters. Most of them don't know yet for sure, but it's like to be some variation of 5 to 10 office days per month.

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#9
The company I worked for (a consultancy) started touting a “hybrid working model” (I.e. we’ll need you in the office more and more as we see fit) so I quit and got a full-remote job with another company who are based as far from me as possible (so even if they decide to vary my contract and go office based I’m well outside the area they could reasonably expect me to travel).

I’ll never go back to commuting.

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In my city, Covid infections are still higher than they were at the peak last winter, so there has not been much discussion about returning to the office, though our offices are open and anyone can go in and work there if they choose. We were told early on that we would get a 30 day warning if we were expected to come back to the office, and management for my team has said they would never require us to come back, th…

I wouldn't bet on 30 day warning, we were told the same thing (6 weeks) and then the communication became come back in next week.

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