{"id":945,"date":"2021-09-23T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/?p=945"},"modified":"2021-09-23T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:08:46","slug":"working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/?p=945","title":{"rendered":"Working From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an organization where you are valued based on your results, working from home vs. the office shouldn&#8217;t be a big issue.  With webcams, Slack, online meeting software, cloud storage, etc., the drawbacks are minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some managers worry about how their remote employees are spending their time.  What if they spend half their day binge-watching a Netflix series?  That&#8217;s a problem, but it&#8217;s not a &#8220;working from home&#8221; problem; instead, it&#8217;s a &#8220;wrong person&#8221; problem.  Forcing an underperforming employee to work in the office won&#8217;t fix anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-1024x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-1024x430.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-1536x645.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133-1568x659.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/steelray.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/iStock-1249380133.jpg 1581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some industries, particularly technology, requiring employees to come back to the office has become a recruiting problem.  In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/alexmembrillo_theres-no-need-for-5-days-a-week-in-office-activity-6800424601139585024-omD5\">LinkedIn post<\/a>, Cardinal Digital Marketing CEO Alex Membrillo discusses working 5 days in the office in brutally frank terms: <em>&#8220;If your employer demands it, find a new gig &#8211; plenty of their competitors won&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/em>  He adds that there are huge benefits to a hybrid approach, e.g. working 2 days in the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Steelray, we&#8217;ve had open discussions about what feels right, and the consensus was to work 2 days in the office and 3 days at home.  So far, the hybrid approach seems to be working well.  Personally, I prefer working in the office over working from home, so most days I go in, but that&#8217;s my choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What will happen when the pandemic is over and it&#8217;s safe to share a working space with your co-workers?  This is just a guess, but while some organizations will reopen their office and require their employees to come back to the office, I think a number of them will leave existing policies in place.  For us, we are considering office sharing and other hybrid approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because if it&#8217;s working for us and people are happier, why would we change anything?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an organization where you are valued based on your results, working from home vs. the office shouldn&#8217;t be a big issue. With webcams, Slack, online meeting software, cloud storage, etc., the drawbacks are minimal. 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