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Post by beaver94 on Sept 29, 2021 15:46:58 GMT -8
I'm not back in the office, and my company made the decision to go full remote a few months after we closed the office for COVID. They've since downsized office space and the only person that now works out of the office is the Admin. Asst. It was an easier decision for my company though because the staff was already 50 - 75% remote before COVID. There had already been some discussion of going full remote but some of the executive management was hesitant.
I definitely don't miss the commute. Our office was in south Corvallis and getting back to northwest Corvallis could sometimes be a chore at rush hour.
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Post by babs on Sept 29, 2021 18:14:52 GMT -8
I am still working from home until early January at this writing. Our boss would like to have us in the office five days a week, but is willing for three days a week. Even then there may be a small revolt. My colleagues and I are willing for one day a week, but would prefer to work from home all the time.
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Post by orangeexpress on Sept 29, 2021 18:34:09 GMT -8
Are you still working from home? - Yes, still full-time at home since March 2020
Do you have a time frame for when you will be back in the office? - Was fall 2021 but now likely spring 2022
Is/will your work model be different than pre-COVID? - Yes, I suspect we will allow more hybrid options to staff and likely retain video feeds at meetings for those still working at home.
Rush hour traffic seems to be getting worse, so I speculate many are back in the office? - Yes I believe rush hour traffic has been getting worse due to a steady increase in work commuters. What does not help is that public transit and school buses are not running at the same frequency as before the pandemic (at least for Portland). Many individuals with transportation options are electing to drive solo and drop off their kids vs. carpool or use transit. I suspect rush hour traffic will get worse as we add more commuters over the winter before it eventually improves.
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Post by spudbeaver on Sept 29, 2021 19:57:02 GMT -8
Never missed a day of work in the office.
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Post by irimi on Sept 29, 2021 20:19:27 GMT -8
Half and half now. One class remote. One in person. Don’t like teaching in person anymore. LOL
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2021 22:52:48 GMT -8
Nothing has changed for me. I haven’t missed a day of work since the Kung-Flu hit, but I don’t work in front of a keyboard in cubicle hell.
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Post by joeavocado on Sept 30, 2021 7:33:31 GMT -8
I've only been to the office 4-5 times in the past 18 months. We rotate some employees into the office for coverage. No timetable for our office to re-open to everyone. I don't plan to return for more than one day per week when all gets back to normal. No longer a good reason to spend 90 minutes per day in traffic if I don't have to. It sounds like the Nike campus will fully re-open Jan 10, but Mon & Fri will be work from home days and Tue, Wed, Thu everyone will be expected to be on campus. The office working world has forever changed, companies don't have as much rationale to compel workers to sit in a sea of cubes. Thank goodness. Kinda reminds me of when offices when to business casual and then casual dress. HR Depts resisted and predicted the end of civilization, but the trend was happening and was a good thing overall.
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Post by beaverdude on Oct 1, 2021 8:41:00 GMT -8
I work from home 99% of the time. The company has closed most of its offices (based on local restrictions) and only allow non-essential personnel. The policy keeps getting extended, now through the end of the year.
After that date it will be a hybrid model,
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Post by steinlager on Oct 1, 2021 9:00:08 GMT -8
Nothing has changed for me. I haven’t missed a day of work since the Kung-Flu hit, but I don’t work in front of a keyboard in cubicle hell. Same for me. My computer time is pretty brief each day, thankfully. |
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Post by geosci91 on Oct 5, 2021 17:32:56 GMT -8
Higher-ups were making a plan over the summer until Delta blew that up. I've only been in a couple of time for IT issues. Kind of like a time capsule in my cubical. Tossed the bottle of hot sauce that was changing color.
Previously I did not like having my work in my home, but when this is all over I might be more open to telework than I was previously. I don't think I've ironed clothes this entire time. Downsides are the lack of a lock on the snack cabinet here, and I do miss the exercise from the bicycle commute - there might be a relationship between those!
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Post by ochobeavo on Oct 7, 2021 10:20:56 GMT -8
Are you still working from home?
- My wife and I have both been working from home since March 2020. Thankfully we like each other.
Do you have a time frame for when you will be back in the office?
- Nope. We had a tentative timeline but that went out the window w/Delta and a COVID outbreak in our factory. factory now restricted to essential personnel only (engineers, operators, techs, etc.) and I can do my job pretty easily on a laptop. Similar with my wife. She works for the judicial dept, only goes into office when absolutely necessary.
Is/will your work model be different than pre-COVID?
I work in supply chain and deal with international suppliers, so I probably work odd hours more so than before because it's easy to just get online and get sucked in. Otherwise, i suffer from zoom exhaustion. Some days I'm on zoom calls for anywhere from 6-10 hours - getting worse now due to an avalanche of parts/labor/logistics challenges. pretty hard to keep a factory running at the moment.
On the bright side, we've put barely any miles on our cars in the past 18 months other than weekend excursions.
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Post by kersting13 on Oct 8, 2021 8:39:32 GMT -8
Never missed a day of work in the office. Me neither and it’s been great! The building is probably 95-96% empty, it’s quiet with no distractions. Funny thing is that the brain surgeon HR folks were in the other day meeting with the brain damaged folks in Facilities discussing how to cram more desks in a row in hopes of eliminating an entire floor. Like that is going to fly (eyes rolling). The one thing all of the remote working has CFO's salivating over is reducing space rental permanently. Contrast that with wanting people to come into work once a week at a minimum, and you've got to have shared workspaces. I'm sure that can work for some people, but I don't have a lot of confidence that our facilities/HR/whoever people are capable of working out the logistics of that. I anticipate a clusterf*ck once it comes to that. |
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