KPMG surveyed U.S. CEOs of companies turning over at least $500 million and found that just one-third expect a full return to the office in the next three years.
So it’s official: Leaders who believe that office workers will be back at their desks five days a week in the near future are now in the small minority.
It’s a complete 360 on their stance last year, when 62% of CEOs surveyed predicted that working from home would end by 2026.
At the time, 90% of CEOs even admitted that they were so steadfast on summoning staff back to their vertical towers that they were sweetening the pot with salary raises, promotions, and favorable assignments to those who showed face more.
But now, bosses are backtracking: Nearly half of CEOs have concluded that the future of work is hybrid—up from 34% last year.
They don’t need to be in person, but there’s no reason a fully-local team (like ours) couldn’t have in person meetings now and then. The main appeal is lunch though (which you could do over a call as well, but if you can do it in person and everyone’s fine with that, then why not I guess?).
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fully remote, but I don’t see any reason local teams can’t have in person events if they want to either. We mostly meet in person for the meetings/events, otherwise it’s “work where you want” basically.
I actually think lunch only works in person. there is no point unless you go to a restaurant and folks are sorta sharing the same experience. when remote lunch just turns into working during lunch.
We have a weekly breakfast call. The rules forbid work-chat. It’s only there for team-building.
oh yeah. nothing is as great as enforced socialization. that would be a bit easier for me. I use a standing desk and having a lunch call would suck. also I walk my dog then.