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I'm fully remote with the exception of a monthly departmental meeting. Remote working worked really well for the majority of teams, so we just never went back into the office. I'm in the Finance department and most days don't need to interact with colleagues to get my work done. I don't think I could go back to being in the office full time now. I enjoy the peace and space I have at home. Sensory issues are much easier to manage. Also, my dog is here and sometimes she just needs scritches and a snack, so obviously I need to be here to ensure her needs are met!

I got forced to go back three days a week. I grew resentful and started working less efficiently out of spite, then I asked for more money and got denied, so I quit.

Found a new job a month later, 30h a week for only ~10% less pay than I had with 40h, so 4 day work week and 90% WFH. Somehow I enjoy going into the office now though, maybe it‘s the AC, maybe cause I work less, maybe cause I‘m not forced to do it. So I‘ve been going in most days.

Software engineer here. Been WFH since before COVID, now in my third WFH position. My current company let go of the leases on all its offices. There would be a mutiny if they tried to make us come back.

We've hired a very geographically diverse team over the past couple years so most of us wouldn't even have a location to work from, even if the company hadn't let go of its leases.

Love it.

I used to work on secure sites for defence work. Honestly, not going to go back for that stuff any more. No more travelling and all the headaches that comes with.

Fully work from home now. Any job that expects me to work in an office is not a job I will even bother to interview for.

Full time remote but management want us to be in 2 days a week. I work with a team from another country and will never meet them in person but the middle management wants to see me once a week. I check managers calender and choose one day unless I'm having lunch with some other college.
Totally worthless decision. 40min commute.

Software dev

I go in twice a week, because I find being able to talk to people face to face both quite productive and I'm an extravert who likes company. Plus, I'm in London and I actually enjoy the 45 minute cycle.

Our studio is still allowing remote work. I’m one of the freaks that likes to come in and see everyone (I’ve been working with some of these people for almost 20 years).I miss seeing everybody. I don’t like working remote myself. I wish more people were coming in. But I understand the appeal of avoiding the commute.

Weird situation right now. Everyone is working fully remote, but can go to the office whenever they want.

I actually go to the office most days cause no one else is there and I get a really comfortable place to chill out and work in.

been fully remote since 2008. It was fun to watch everyone else learn how to do that :)

I’m mostly in person but I’m at a college and they are big on making sure people are there for the campus environment, even though many of us don’t actually interact with students. But I also have my own office and feel like I can focus better in my workspace setup there, and communicate with people best when I can stop by their office to ask a question, so as it is now I do prefer it.

That said, with my kids’ ages and how many remote jobs are available now, it still may make sense in the next year or so to look for something that offers more remote time so I can keep childcare costs to a minimum. They are old enough that they aren’t distracting, can get their own lunches and snacks and entertain themselves while I work, but not old enough that I could leave them alone while I head to the office all day.

Mid-pandemic I changed gigs to a 100% remote gig out of state, so they really can't force me to come back to the office when it's a 20 hour commute to a place I've never been!

On a more serious note, my gig may expect >40 hours/week (which I rarely give more than 2-3 at most), but they're at least 100% on the idea of remote collaboration. They downsized the office for this reason and give people the option of coming in, but only people that actually have to physically be in the office to do work are required to go in.

Required to go in 3 days a week. The 2 days at home are unsurprisingly my only productive days.

I'm fully remote, in software development. It's very helpful for me to be able to pick up my kids from school, and get back to work while they do homework. I used to have an elaborate system orchestrating pick-up and transportation to a daycare service.

Lots of small software companies have taken a remote-by-default approach the last few years. That means job openings are often not limited by geography. I'm working for a company that doesn't have an office on my side of the continent. For companies that means they can throw a wide net to pick up people with very specific skills.

I think the downside is that mentorship becomes difficult. An all-remote company I worked for before the shutdown said they found it only works well for senior-level engineers or above. I learned a lot of what I know from the guy who used to sit next to me at my first job. I'm not sure if there's a good replacement for that for new devs. There is still collaboration in my current job, but it's limited by the friction of video calls, and timezone mismatches.