With employees embracing working from home as the new normal, many organisations are now dealing with the challenge of encouraging employees back into the office. Most employees have found a lot of benefits to working from home and the thought of facing a daily commute into the office can be quite daunting after so long at home. However, remote working has come at the expense of creating a sense of belonging or connectiveness with fellow co-workers and it is also becoming an issue for new hires as unless there are other employees in the office, they struggle to get the opportunity to collaborate and learn from others. As a result, some organisations have taken quite a hard line with regards to returning to work and received a fair amount of public backlash (most notably Facebook, Tesla and SpaceX). It seems that most organisations are opting for a more moderate approach by setting a minimum number of days expected in the office but as a result of this policy an interesting trend is emerging where most employees are opting to not come into office on a Friday.
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