Those micro managers need something to do. Can rule out a complete category of people, right ? right ?!
Ik vermoed dat dit vooral speelt in kleinere bedrijven. Grote bedrijven met veel bedienden zijn echt wel op de kar gesprongen van deeltijds thuiswerk. Bij ons is het zelfs opgenomen in het arbeids reglement en niemand inclusief de managers is van plan om fulltime terug op het werk te zitten.
I’m at the office right now, so.
Still only one day a week tho. After 19/04 we have 50%, not complaining. The commute is killing.
Except being quite useless it’s polluting and expensive to force employees to be physically present.
I’m glad it is changed in our company.
3 days homeworking and 2 days in the office.
we even had it changed in our contracts.
I looked forward to going to the office again. Then I went on a busy day and never wanted to work from home again so badly. A hybrid approach where you only go a handful of days seems best.
i work in an a company in an industry that historically was extremely anti homework but they changed courses durign covid.
We have a new cao that only forces you to be in the office for 2 days at the minimum. most employees come 3 days but it was easy to discuss with my manager to come 2 days.
Jobs that can be done from home can also be done from a lot farther away from the office.
Zeker een hoop middle managers die panikeren omdat hun functie niet zo essentieel blijkt te zijn?
We have gone from 1 day telework a week before Covid to having to go to the office at least 3 days a week. Our contracts have been changed to reflect that.
But I still think 3 days at the office is a lot. It is the difference between working days of 8 hrs vs 12 hrs, the difference between seeing my kids or not seeing them at all, being able to work a serious amount of extra time on my studies or being to tired when I get home.
HR seems to not want to change these 3 office days, altough there is a big demand to do so. A decent amount of collegues already changed jobs because of this. Teamleaders can implement this rule more flexible if they want to.
When I get contacted for new opportunities, it seems that a lot of companies have jumped on the hybrid working train. It is mentioned as one of the first advantages, being able to work hybrid with 3 to even 4 telework days a week.
My company went full on hybrid: you have to be in the office 40% of the time on average and can work the remaining 60% from *anywhere* else. The policy even includes provisions for working abroad.
I kinda like it.
I certainly miss the office. It’s been nice to catch up with colleagues in person. That said, I find myself much more productive at home so I’ll continue to work remotely for the vast majority of the time. It’s just much better.
We are at 1 day in the office a week. They already let us know and added to the contract that in the future they want to have us in the office 2 days a week. The other 3 days you can choose to work from home or come to the office. This really good imo
Well, at my company homeworking is used as leverage to discourage certain work work regime they offer, but they actually want to discourage.
So everybody only need to work at the office 4 days a month, beside 1 particular work regime, where you work 1 hrs extra a day to get a day off every 2 weeks. It’s ridiculous. Those need to work 3 days a week at the office.
I would rather prefer them cutting off that work regime, than these type of games.
(FYI: I know 3 days a week is still nice, but consider they had us moved from Gand/Gent to Brussels recently, so 4-5hrs of public transportation for 3 days is still hard.)
Only 1 day WFH left since it was not obligated anymore. I think this day will disappear soon as well…
The company i work for plays it dirty. The ones that want to work partly from home have to give up the extra paid vacation days we gained through negotiating in the past. Those extra days are an eyesore in the eyes of the current management.
Not surprising, it seems a lot of people are ‘allergic’ to ms teams and can’t possibly function if they don’t see their colleagues/ employees every day. Also plenty of upper management that doesn’t trust their workforce
I refuse to go back to the office fulltime. Once a week is going overboard. The issue is that all of my direct colleagues are abroad. Why go into the office to be on the phone and online meetings anyway
I still don’t get why the government isn’t taking this massive opportunity by the horns.
It reduces pollution, traffic, stress, the need for company cars, children’s day-care, and more, all matters that are currently trending. They could be hitting ten birds with one stone yet it feels slike it’s all in the employer’s hands.
I could be mistaken though, so feel free to correct me if there are any government incentives for this.
I actually didn’t mind returning to work full time. I like seeing coworkers and chatting with them. As an immigrant who moved here during the pandemic this is a way for me to integrate more.
But I like that it is an option though and I work from home from time to time. I think that’s the best option.
My new job insists on homework, unless you’re at a client (tech consulting).
Got my introduction on Monday and they’ve mailed my laptop and company car is delivered at the doorstep, since this will all be done online.
My SO got certain boomer colleagues finally this far that they prefer online meetings over physical ones. Reason: fuel costs.
Ik denk vooral bij kleine ondernemingen.
Bij ons is de regel 4 dagen thuis 1 dag op kantoor geworden.
I’ve been back at the office fulltime since August. I *hate* home working. It’s difficult to concentrate, difficult to remain motivated, you miss out on a lot of information (don’t underestimate coffee breaks!) and I prefer siting in a room with real people from time to time, rather than being alone at home staring at a screen for 8 hours a day.
I’m still 100% WFH, but we can go back to the office or go to clients when needed. I’d love to go more than I currently do, but due to back-to-back meetings, it’s really difficult to match in a day of office work.
And while being strongly discouraged from going to the office, I really miss the social contact and interaction with my colleagues. Full office, nor full WFH is the solution. The right level will be somewhere in the middle, but imho doesn’t have to be “fixed” per week, I can imagine some weeks you work from home, and other weeks you’re in the office a few days a week.
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Those micro managers need something to do. Can rule out a complete category of people, right ? right ?!
Ik vermoed dat dit vooral speelt in kleinere bedrijven. Grote bedrijven met veel bedienden zijn echt wel op de kar gesprongen van deeltijds thuiswerk. Bij ons is het zelfs opgenomen in het arbeids reglement en niemand inclusief de managers is van plan om fulltime terug op het werk te zitten.
I’m at the office right now, so.
Still only one day a week tho. After 19/04 we have 50%, not complaining. The commute is killing.
Except being quite useless it’s polluting and expensive to force employees to be physically present.
I’m glad it is changed in our company.
3 days homeworking and 2 days in the office.
we even had it changed in our contracts.
I looked forward to going to the office again. Then I went on a busy day and never wanted to work from home again so badly. A hybrid approach where you only go a handful of days seems best.
i work in an a company in an industry that historically was extremely anti homework but they changed courses durign covid.
We have a new cao that only forces you to be in the office for 2 days at the minimum. most employees come 3 days but it was easy to discuss with my manager to come 2 days.
Jobs that can be done from home can also be done from a lot farther away from the office.
Zeker een hoop middle managers die panikeren omdat hun functie niet zo essentieel blijkt te zijn?
We have gone from 1 day telework a week before Covid to having to go to the office at least 3 days a week. Our contracts have been changed to reflect that.
But I still think 3 days at the office is a lot. It is the difference between working days of 8 hrs vs 12 hrs, the difference between seeing my kids or not seeing them at all, being able to work a serious amount of extra time on my studies or being to tired when I get home.
HR seems to not want to change these 3 office days, altough there is a big demand to do so. A decent amount of collegues already changed jobs because of this. Teamleaders can implement this rule more flexible if they want to.
When I get contacted for new opportunities, it seems that a lot of companies have jumped on the hybrid working train. It is mentioned as one of the first advantages, being able to work hybrid with 3 to even 4 telework days a week.
My company went full on hybrid: you have to be in the office 40% of the time on average and can work the remaining 60% from *anywhere* else. The policy even includes provisions for working abroad.
I kinda like it.
I certainly miss the office. It’s been nice to catch up with colleagues in person. That said, I find myself much more productive at home so I’ll continue to work remotely for the vast majority of the time. It’s just much better.
We are at 1 day in the office a week. They already let us know and added to the contract that in the future they want to have us in the office 2 days a week. The other 3 days you can choose to work from home or come to the office. This really good imo
Well, at my company homeworking is used as leverage to discourage certain work work regime they offer, but they actually want to discourage.
So everybody only need to work at the office 4 days a month, beside 1 particular work regime, where you work 1 hrs extra a day to get a day off every 2 weeks. It’s ridiculous. Those need to work 3 days a week at the office.
I would rather prefer them cutting off that work regime, than these type of games.
(FYI: I know 3 days a week is still nice, but consider they had us moved from Gand/Gent to Brussels recently, so 4-5hrs of public transportation for 3 days is still hard.)
Only 1 day WFH left since it was not obligated anymore. I think this day will disappear soon as well…
The company i work for plays it dirty. The ones that want to work partly from home have to give up the extra paid vacation days we gained through negotiating in the past. Those extra days are an eyesore in the eyes of the current management.
Not surprising, it seems a lot of people are ‘allergic’ to ms teams and can’t possibly function if they don’t see their colleagues/ employees every day. Also plenty of upper management that doesn’t trust their workforce
I refuse to go back to the office fulltime. Once a week is going overboard. The issue is that all of my direct colleagues are abroad. Why go into the office to be on the phone and online meetings anyway
I still don’t get why the government isn’t taking this massive opportunity by the horns.
It reduces pollution, traffic, stress, the need for company cars, children’s day-care, and more, all matters that are currently trending. They could be hitting ten birds with one stone yet it feels slike it’s all in the employer’s hands.
I could be mistaken though, so feel free to correct me if there are any government incentives for this.
I actually didn’t mind returning to work full time. I like seeing coworkers and chatting with them. As an immigrant who moved here during the pandemic this is a way for me to integrate more.
But I like that it is an option though and I work from home from time to time. I think that’s the best option.
My new job insists on homework, unless you’re at a client (tech consulting).
Got my introduction on Monday and they’ve mailed my laptop and company car is delivered at the doorstep, since this will all be done online.
My SO got certain boomer colleagues finally this far that they prefer online meetings over physical ones. Reason: fuel costs.
Ik denk vooral bij kleine ondernemingen.
Bij ons is de regel 4 dagen thuis 1 dag op kantoor geworden.
I’ve been back at the office fulltime since August. I *hate* home working. It’s difficult to concentrate, difficult to remain motivated, you miss out on a lot of information (don’t underestimate coffee breaks!) and I prefer siting in a room with real people from time to time, rather than being alone at home staring at a screen for 8 hours a day.
I’m still 100% WFH, but we can go back to the office or go to clients when needed. I’d love to go more than I currently do, but due to back-to-back meetings, it’s really difficult to match in a day of office work.
And while being strongly discouraged from going to the office, I really miss the social contact and interaction with my colleagues. Full office, nor full WFH is the solution. The right level will be somewhere in the middle, but imho doesn’t have to be “fixed” per week, I can imagine some weeks you work from home, and other weeks you’re in the office a few days a week.