End of WFH Prediction
My guess is mid to late March given the political advertisement & public perception regarding vaccine. Might not be highly effective but it's a good excuse as any for bankers to get back.
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I think people will start going back April but it won’t be normal until end of summer (i.e. you elect to go back or not)
Why go back? Completely unnecessary
I am working way more during wfh
Yeah same here. There’s been zero checks on the amount of work during wfh.
Same here bro. Way more wfh ... and zero visibility from seniors other than deliverables. OH&S is not their problem now either ... Plus no taxi or meal allowance, and you're literally working round the clock incl. weekends, all the time. No personal leisure time, no life, just work
Neveruary
Summer but possibly earlier if you want to opt in. Even in the summer I could see the norm being only going into the office 2-3 days a week.
June for the brave / must be in office.
September for low quality staff.
January 2022 for senior staff.
Never again for those who have the ability
SA 2021 yay or nay?
I really can’t see it
Hopefully never again. WFH has been the greatest thing to happen to finance in a long time. After getting beaten down by regulation, over saturation, and shitty markets for years, we finally get something good. Plz dont ruin this too :(
Except you feel alone, you get worked worked worked worked even more than before. Absolutely no down time in the day, you feel drained and you can’t take an hour to lift
Bro, how do you have less flexibility working from home?
I'm exercising a lot more these days. If a fire drill comes up, I have email on my phone/smart watch. Obviously my team can reach me by phone as well. Deal flow for my group has yet to recover. I'm eating healthy, making my own meals (cooking can actually be fun) and I'm saving a shit ton on food, delivery, and even long-term healthcare.
Company previously gave a $1,000 stipend for home office. My apartment lease was about to expire, so I demanded my landlord to reduce rent by $300 a month and 50% discount on parking. Oh and allow me to have a dog.
As for going back, can't imagine ever being back in the office 5 days a week. Probably once or twice a week, maybe 3 times.
Don't think I can relocate altogether, but with lower costs and hybrid flexibility to WFH and go to the office, I would say that's the silver lining in all of this.
Think if the reason being cited is the burn-out / hours while working from home, then I am not sure if this reason will be prioritised for a return.
Have you guys seen what they say before administering the vaccines? They say you must continue to take all precautions as before (e.g. masks, social distancing, etc). Source: Two people (medical workers) in my family have received their first shot.
Not sure if this notion will allow for the return to office to be in summer 2021 as people seem to suggest.
lmao if they expect me to continue socially distancing after getting the vaccine they are retarded
I think a lot of that has to do with the fact the first dose is only like 60% effective so you have to keep having precautions since you aren’t really immune. After the second dose tho I think it’s irrational to expect people to keep wearing masks/social distancing once it’s widely distributed
First year’s perspective so take it as you will. I think late spring we will start transitioning back and mid-late summer for full return. I think a lot of people are itching to go back because working until 2am with little human interaction expedites burnout in all levels. I know a lot of my team is hoping to go back soon because our culture is great and relationships are just much harder to foster via symphony and zoom. Further, as a first year, its way harder to learn without physically being in an office and while that won’t make banks go back, it’s one of the reason that I’m hoping sooner over later.
The absolute earliest would be summer 2021 I would think.
Are people actually going to go back to the office?
Not me
Q3 2021 is the safe bet.
Not going back before 2030.
I expect a large gap between allowing people to return to the office and requiring it. Could see offices opening on voluntary basis late spring or early summer, with required attendance by autumn.
Also expect that almost no companies will mandate office attendance 5 days a week on avg. like before.
I’m also hopeful, but do not expect, that companies will offer extensive WFH periods, say from thanksgiving to NYD or from July 4 to Labor Day. I imagine the period from Wednesday before thanksgiving to the day after NYD accounts for the fewest amount of hours worked anyway.
My office is open on a voluntary basis and has been since June.
Same here. Probably going back after new years indefinitely..
Been back in the office since early Summer. Actually don't mind it. Get's me out of the house and back on a routine.
Really hope it will be back to normal by the summer. Think people don’t understand that as soon as the vaccine has been given to the vulnerable things will get a lot better. JP Office in October in London was already back to 80% capacity and that was just after a fall in case in the summer. Also read on the FT how everyone just wants to ‘go back to normal’. Working 2/3 days per week at the office will never prevail. Summer 2021 is the start of the move to normal and 2022 everyone will be in
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