Is RTO a dealbreaker?

I know banks are mandating people to RTO but is this a dealbreaker for any? For me, I enjoy wfh and the idea of going back into office makes me want to quit.

I understand the positives that comes with being in the office but just wanted to ask the forum to see if anyone feels the same.

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Same boat as you. Analyst 1 at BB but definitely prefer WFH compared to in-person. 

 

At my firm, once people were asked to return to office, they started dropping like flies

 

Damn. I have an internship coming up in the summer and I'm actually excited to go in person. I like going to school in person too. Waking up early, getting dressed, making sure I look sexy asf before I leave the house, taking the subway. I can't wait to go in person and be downtown.

 

3-5 weeks into your internship, the dress shirts you have will stink like shit because you worn them 100 times and sweated in them because of the blazing summer heat in the subway platforms.

You will have no time to explore downtown and wish you can be at home with your boxers with the opportunity to take a walk outside for half an hour or so to actually explore downtown.

 

For my last role, the firm would essentially set soft deadlines for people to come back to the office before basically being more forward about having people come back last summer. Even after that, maybe ~10% (if that) even went back. 

I know different industries have variations on such figures, but RTO appears to be a bigger dealbreaker than a lot of firms anticipated hence the slow rollout for doing so for a lot of companies.

 

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