Do you think 5 days WFO is the new toxic culture?

The office, at least in IT industry should be 100% remote. There's no reason for someone to come to a box when they can work from home on the same damn laptop and save a lot of money in accommodation, travel expenses, etc. While the company saves on rent and bills.

It's not a simple Yes/No question I believe.

5 days WFO used to be the norm before COVID. But then it worked fine because no one expected you to work after leaving the office. (at least where I worked) Now, I'm okay with 5 days WFO , but if companies have WFO policy and still expect you to login after work i'll consider it toxic. Otherwise I'm totally fine with it.

Suboptimal? Yes

Toxic? No

Since I have started going to office 3 days a week i have become more tired, more slower forcing me to work longer hours because my brains focuses more on me being physically tired. Given I have to also focus on a child I am even more tired. I don’t know how long can I sustain this honestly.

Of course yes Company focusing on destroying employee work life balance rather than productive.. I had recently joined capgemini 🤣😂 3 days per week office nobody will talk with you and tracking tool is their and 6 hours compulsory to be in office,, I'm literally crying on my decision to join.. 2 days is enough. Micromanage and compulsory office 3_5 days really really toxic it's like trapped and slavery wake up go office do work and sleep
Same cycle will repeat everyday Ik money is also matter.. what we would achieve if we got any illness just because of this stuff Go for litte less salary with work from home opportunity or 2 days office

Are you ready to give up part of your CTC if you work from the remote?.

It’s political. The government pressurises these companies for vendors like food, accommodation, travel, grocery etc. If a north Indian won’t migrate to Bangalore, how would the vendors profit/ survive as much.

Techies are the most pampered people on earth. Soon everyone will say, asking them to work is toxic.

Everybody wants 50-60lpa , without any work, spa treatment, organic food, unlimited drinks...

Yes. Especially when your company operated in the IT sector and knows atleast following a hybrid policy is far more effective and efficient both in terms of productivity as well as collaborative interests.

Yeah it was 5 days WFO pre covid and all that BS, but the world has moved on. Moved on to better operational structure and efficiency and processes. If you and your company is still stuck in pre covid, I would suggest to shutdown ASAP

Wow For many organizations and types of work - 5 days of being in office is the way to do it I cannot believe what we're setting as expectations for ourselves