Are you guys willing to join 5 days in office company
Given that industry standard is still 3 days. Companies who are 5 days, They are willing open to go beyond industry standard and can be more inclined toward a 70 week hour mentality. This could be evident in all other aspects of job too like work load, leaves and overall culture. While the pay may more than average and if same than that will be too bad.
Thoughts??
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Willingly and happily joined it after 3 years of remote, have already enough in 5 months itself. It's actually tough and flexibility is a joke since strict timings are applicable and standup itself is at 10 am. If you are a bit sick, have a doctor's appointment or vice versa you need to take at least half day leave. The only pro is you can leave at exactly 6 and no one will bother you. Now desperately looking for hybrid options again.
Wow dude you are able to leave at 6. That's amazing!
Yes exactly, that's what this tradeoff is. While in wfh I was sometimes working till 10-11 pm like most of us. Also on the other side, here I can't leave even if my work is done at 2-3 pm, I have to sit and wait for the hours to finish!
I look at three things.
- Whether the opportunity gives me more learning and exposure
- Do they pay well? Top payers, not just above average.
- Balance one and two up(willing to trade one for another) and check if my current family circumstance/health allow me to work 5 days a week.
If so a strong yes.
I recently switched from a German company with very good wlb to a company which asks what is wlb because it ticked all my above three checklist.
Interesting take.
I would like to add if there is job security may be can think about that but if for a short term high salary is there. Not worth the efforts
Thanks for the comment. I just realised i missed a key information that adds context. My spouse is a non-it employee with a stable job. So I don’t have to worry about job security. My spouse could just run the family with one income since we don’t have any loans.
I did that mistake recently. Will definitely try not do it again if I switch in future.
Unfortunately, already working in one such company, initially it was 4 days office, but later they changed it to 5 days a week with strict timings 😭
Any advice would be appreciated
Are you talking about Niyo as in niyo global?
Yep
With the increased amount of work pressure and less headcount in a team, i prefer working from Office. I personally do not feel such seriousness at Home while working.
Best decision I took after almost 3 years of WFH!
Moved back to Bangalore and took a house near my office and I love going to work every single day ever since then. WFH was just too much distraction for me and I felt burned out halfway through the lockdown. Sometimes I wonder how I came through the remaining half.
Joined a high growth startup and being in office clearly gave me the advantage of visibility over my peers who chose WFH during the same period, also giving me the edge when it came to my professional growth in the company. Since my job requires collaboration office was the place to be. Also, once I step out of office nobody dare reach out to me (the culture too is overall good, thankfully!). Going back to office only helped me get back my sanity, establish boundaries, and achieve work-life balance.
When everyone is working from home and I am the only one out can make expectations higher for my manager and that may negatively affect the team if company + manager is not good. But glad it's working for u as you are more productive in office setting and company is also not forcing others.
Always remember Marta kya nahi karta.
Who says industry standard is 3 days? Please don't make up such numbers.
Atleast in tech it is. Startups don't provide that including unicorns. Majority of people are working in service industry and big companies. While some of these companies have become 5 days yet a majority of there are 3 days hybrid only. Depends on your network, if you have people from startups and unicorns you would not know that still 3 days is the norm.
You still haven't given any credible information on why this 3 day number is coming from, and you are calling it industry standard. May be you have "heard it" in your circle and ran with it.
Yes but it shouldn't be strict like when needed you should be allowed to work. My current org has 3 days mandatory but I go mostly on 4-5 days.. have flexibility to agree with manager on remote working upto 1 month during the year at manager discretion.. manager is understanding.. I prefer to stay near office to avoid travel time.. so reach office in 5-10 minutes and same while returning.. company gives 12 sick leave, 30 earned leaves and around 18-20 days public holidays.. if things are similar except officially 5 days mandatory but not strict and have relaxation based upon needs.. I don't mind joining such organisation..
Yes but i enjoy wfh tho