Working from to be dropped?

[MilkCereal]

Will working from home be dropped? Opinions?

I think it depends where you work, we will be doing a mix of home & office.

I would think that when SD/masks etc ends so will the advice to wfh. But it will be ultimately up to individual employers if/how much wfh they allow.

DH will be wfh permanently, his company didn't renew the lease on the office last year.

A mix of hybrid and WFH FT

DH's firm have said they will do mixture of being in the office and WFH. Some staff want to be back in the office permanently, some WFH permanently and others a mixture, so they will cater for all of them hopefully. May end up renting out some of their office space.

We’ve always had a hybrid working model. So long as the work gets done, you work where you want whether that be home, office or clients site. No plans to change this.

Totally depends on individual companies.

We’re moving to a ‘hybrid working model’ where there will be an expectation of going into your office 2/3 days a week on agreed days, and the remainder from home.

Assuming you mean what will the government advice on WFH do- I think they’ll drop it from whenever social distancing is over, so currently 19th.

What individual companies then decide to do is up to them.

Thanks all. Yes I meant government, dh been working from home for ever!

I hope so so we can stop getting threads with people moaning about going back.

Certain jobs had hybrid before covid. The whole company now has it.

So while the restrictions are lifted. I don't think alot of people are going back full time.

It will be phased back in over summer while people are naturally taking breaks so that the "new" way of working (be it office based or hybrid) will be effective from September.

My db has been working from home since Covid began. They asked him to come back in, he had a choice, he says no (dm is elderly) and quite frankly it’s been working well for him, he seems to get more done.
Lo and behold, some idiot was unwell that went back into the office, she had tested positive for Covid, everyone now needs to isolate 🤦🏼‍♀️

Based on Sajid Javids comments today, it sounds like pretty much everything is going to be dropped on the 19th, so I’m expecting this will include the ‘work from home if you can’ guidance. When people stop being able to work from home will be dependent on individual workplaces though, I expect many employers will need a few months to get ready for people to come back in in a big way.

I work in the civil service, it's going to be a hybrid based on your own circumstances and preferences. I've been going into the office once a week for the last few weeks, social distancing is likely to remain which means for my office, only 4 in every 10 desks available for use. They won't be expecting full capacity even at 40% apart from when it makes more sense for a team to be in - but as we all work in different parts of the country and travel between sites is still banned, it doesn't seem that sensible to mandate 15 people attend 6 sites and use Teams at their desk when they could do it from home just the same.

I spose it depends on the company and what people need to work at home, i can't work from home so i'm in full time and my partner is going back full time tomorrow...His company did mention a hybrid model but people are either going to be all in or all out because they have quite a lot of equipment (he works in tech)...

He's going in full time purely because he can't be bothered to drive to work twice a week and lug all his equipment home when he's only a 5 minute cycle away.

Most of his team aren't back yet though and are full time at home

The government would be mad to choose to squander some of the headroom bought by vaccines and restrictions on forcing people who are happily and productively working at home back to spread covid in offices with windows that don't open, and the kind of air conditioning that ensures that bugs always spread.

But about three quarters of the time the government choose the option that makes things worse...so probably.

Not entirely. But over the next 3-5 years it will move back slightly to what it used to be. There will still be hybrid. But many firms will go back to largely before, in the office, because:

1)People think wfh is working. But actually in reality it's not always working, in some areas, the customer service is dire.

2)whilst many MN'ers are introvert, and like the non commuting £ anymore, people work well together, in many industries.

3)many young people need to around senior people to be trained. Not on zoom in a one bedroom flat.

I have no chance of working from home in my job, but the main message seems to be:"get back to the office and save the high street". I'd be pissed off if that was the only reason I was expected back in. No one gives a shit about the tatty, provincial high streets that have been dying for years.

Depends. The company dh works for has grown over the past year and has more staff than office space.

@Slipperfairy

I have no chance of working from home in my job, but the main message seems to be:"get back to the office and save the high street". I'd be pissed off if that was the only reason I was expected back in. No one gives a shit about the tatty, provincial high streets that have been dying for years.

This is so true.

And it only actually works in some places. I live in a town away from a big city. The only people who work in our high street working the shop, cafes and banks and they have been back for a while.

Theres not droves of office workers going through. We are all in offices on the outskirts, where the only food places close by are chains in the retail park. And we all drive in, because public transport is crap.

Our local business are doing better, with people working from home.

I sincerely hope so. WFH cannot be the nightmare that has no end if 60k can go to Wembley and scream in each other’s faces!

The government won't be forcing people back ,just removing the guidance to wfh if you can
Will be up to individual employers in the first instance,and then in discussion with employees
We are planning on bringing staff back on 1st August
Hoping they will all return without issue,we really need to get everyone back ASAP

Will we see a full parliament before summer?

DH gets more work done WFH. Has been in the office a couple of days in the last few weeks and has found it difficult to get work done in the office