It’s hard to start a brand-new job remotely. Here are three ways the office can make your working life easier. If you’re dreading going back to the office, it might help to have a reminder of how in-person work can actually benefit you - not just your company. The central problem is that many of the benefits of working from home are good for the individual, whereas many of the benefits of working from the office are good for the organization and affect the individual more indirectly. So, when leaders start talking about getting people to return to the office, it’s natural for many employees to resist. For many, the personal drawbacks, such as difficulties in maintaining work-life balance, pale in comparison to these benefits. It makes it easier for people to choose the hours they want to work and to schedule their work time around other responsibilities like child care.
Commuting - which has long been known as one of the biggest joy-killers for workers - has been eliminated. It’s easy to see why many people prefer working from home.
At the University of Texas, where I’ve been the head of the academic working group for pandemic planning, many of our faculty and staff have expressed that they’ve been productive working from home, have enjoyed it, and hope to continue doing much (if not all) of their work remotely. But plenty of employees aren’t eager to go back. With vaccines becoming more widespread in some regions, many offices are opening their doors to allow (or require) workers to return.
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