We had our quarterly company meeting today, at which it was revealed that we won't be going back to the office before September at the earliest. And when we do go back, it will be four days a week (office closed Fridays), with reduced office capacity meaning teams will be on rotation - though not sure if that will mean week on/week off, two weeks on/one week off, or whatever... I guess it depends on how they break down the numbers.
It's all so strange. Part of the reason I took my current job after four years WFH was the opportunity to go back to working in an office, with daily contact with other human beings, which is good for the sanity and good for being able to get the job done. I even kind of miss the commute for the routine it brought to my daily life - although I don't really miss other aspects of it, like the timesink, the cost, the sheer pain of being a customer of southeastern railway...
I'm also relieved that I still have a job, considering the economic catastrophe that is unfolding around us all - and since on a purely statistical basis it seems likely that some of my fellow yacfers are among those losing their jobs, I sincerely hope you're all coping with the situation, however it is affecting you.
I guess this is what they call the New Normal.
