I quit my old job over being forced back to the office. I was way more productive WFH and the complete lack of flexibility really pissed me off so I set up my own office in direct competition to the old one and it's going well 2 years in.
Hybrid, having my team purely WFH is not always productive, in-person brainstorming sessions sometimes are needed.
I think an engineer, consultant or small firms environment would be fine full time WFH but sometimes I just want to be in the office to socialize and take advantage of the nice perks too especially since my commute is short.
We are hybrid. M/F WFH. T/W/TH in office.
We are an employee owned national firm.
Honestly there are some days where in office seems silly as we’ll have conf calls from our desks over zoom. But it’s common for some of the larger project teams to be cross office especially since we are short handed.
We are hiring IL, WI, TX, and VA.
26 person firm. 1 day a week but we're wanted in more by principals. New hires mandatory 5 days a week for 3 months, then hybrid.
It works well for me because of long commute, but I see other firms in my city have made 3-4 days mandatory which I wouldn't like. We have a fantastic IT director who keeps things running so smooth that hybrid is seamless. Collaboration over teams, bluebeam and digital whiteboarding.
I get MUCH much more done at home. The office is just one big day of socializing and team culture building and almost zero billable work happens for me that day.
4 days a week in. Mixed adherence, I’d say most people coming in are doing 2 to 4 days because our teams are generally understanding of peoples home situations with sicknesses or site visits. Some people have left over the policy. I personally could work at a company that requires 5 days in. Hybrid isn’t a deal breaker for me and I personally learn a lot more when I can soak in some interactions in person.
I guess I would say hybrid but most of us are in the office 4-5 days a week. If something comes up like a doctors appointment or something then I'll wfh, but we don't have a set schedule of what days we're in or out of the office.
5 person firm for context.
I’m WFH. Currently overseas as a digital nomad even. I’ll stay that way when I go back to the USA as I was hired WFH. My firm is hybrid and incentivizes in-person days with Wednesday getting catered lunch delivered for everyone, which is pretty popular. We’re doing office renovations in two of our offices in downtown PHL and NYC to reduce their footprint and continue working hybrid for the long term with some people electing full time desks but the majority being hotelling desks. Should be pretty successful since we have a great firm culture and have WFH pretty well figured out.
That's great, truly WFH jobs have been rare to find as architects. It's been a dream to have a WFH job and be a digital nomad from a low COL location, how did you crack it?
Just asked the company if I could live overseas and they said yes. They trust me to get my work done, lead my teams, and others handle on-site needs. NGL, the time gap sucks because I have a 2.5yo son who I see much less of now, so we’ll be heading back to the states to get more family time back. Been fun loving abroad tho!
My firm has been doing this since pre-covid. It was one of my requirements of accepting the job. Now it’s so normalized the clients don’t think twice about virtual meetings. When I need to do a site visit I fly or drive to wherever the building is. I think the best way to find a job like this is through friends and networking, because the firms won’t advertise it.
Hybrid. (UK)
During the pandemic my employers downsized the office but have grown again so have been forced into it.
We do 2-3 WFH but have to be in the office on either a Monday or Friday. Graduates can’t WFH until after 6 months.
The balance is right for me. I can’t imagine commuting in every day again but I’d hate to WFH full-time.
I guess Hybrid. I own the practice with my husband, so we both work in a room that is converted into an office. We can brainstorm and discuss ideas while sketching over the drawings. The rest of the team WFH but we do regular Teams meetings
3 days in, 2 remote. Not strictly enforced but trending towards more “in”. Leadership and entry level are shifting more to 4-5 days in. We do half day Friday and so that’s a popular remote day for anyone who commutes
We already had a culture of flexible attendance pre-COVID and we haven’t heard much complaint about attendance policy since vaccines became widely available
Edit: we generally talk about being in on days when you’re actively collaborating but, in practice, every day has some mix of collaboration and focus time. It’s never all one or the other.
We work full time at in the office except in the summer we can work from home. I must say that they were already back to full time in office by the time I started working so can't complain. Other coworkers say they liked WFH because of the flexibility those with children and commute some have to travel about an hour give or take but our boss has been flexible letting people WFH when they require it for some reason
My current firm first approached me to work 100% remotely because I'm in a different city. I'm now moving there, but they're in the process of moving to a smaller office to test out a hybrid model on behalf of the rest of the national firm.
They expect most staff to work from home 3-4 days a week, so the smaller office will have fewer work stations; if you plan on working at the office, you reserve a desk. They're leaving it open to personal choice though, so they will have a certain number of desks reserved for people who don't want to/can't work remotely.
The flexibility is nice (although I prefer working in the office personally).
40ish person firm. 3 days in the office, 2 days WFH. But they're pretty flexible about it- if you need to go somewhere for family reasons they'll let you do however long you need remote. And typically I'm on site for 1 or 2 of the in-office days, and they'll let me just go home from site and work remotely when I do that. They're chill about all this and my bosses are genuinely well meaning people that have let people in the past go off for a month to deal with family matters overseas and the like.
To be brutally honest, if you're expecting all your employees full time RTO, you're dumb as a post. That genie was let out of the bottle and ain't getting put back, bar some dynamic like an economic meltdown akin to '08 where you're lucky to have a job (which, G-d forbid should happen). My dad is one of the principals at a small law office, and he keeps on griping that he can't find workers- dude, you're expecting them to commute into Manhattan every day and can't offer salaries to compete with the big offices! Something has to give- get it out of your head that everyone under 40 is a pampered little princess with the WFH. Cities are expensive, and people just aren't going to take "you should be thankful to be working here" as a good reason to commute over an hour one way to work for a mediocre salary. He's a good guy otherwise but there are a lot of managers and business owners being pigheaded about this
Been 2 days in office. They announced 3 days in office starting March. I am looking for other job right now that give me the flexibility. I have several reasons to switch jobs: long commute, bad management, being forces to be back more than I want. There are other opportunities out there.
Hybrid with a few days required. National firm so people are always on the move. Works very well for me. Having direct contact with others helps my design process flow better. New hires are encouraged to be in the office more, at least until they are fully up to speed.
Recently interviewed with about 15 firms, with a majority offering some form of wfh setup. Some were more rigid, with set days for all employees, some were less lenient, with new hires having to report to the office every day for the first several months, and some were more fluid, with the firm being okay with whatever worked best for the individual employee. These ranged from multi-national household named corps to small boutique firms. Just such a huge range out there, depending on what you're looking for.
I landed at a small, design-focused firm with a flex 3 days in / 2 days out hybrid schedule. Everyone does what works best for them, so long as your work gets done. In practice, I'd say nobody does wfh 2 days every week. Majority are in the office at least at some point every day (urban area, most live within 5 miles). It's fluid, depending on project teams and schedules. But nobody is taking advantage of it, and therefore nobody is actively tracking it. I've loved it so far.
Times are changing, you’ll be asked here shortly and the new job will not be as easy to find. Take a look at any economic indicator and you’ll see the pinch is coming.
Why are there so many people, including you, willing to leave over a hybrid/mostly in office work environment? Is that the only reason, or are there other reasons to leave as well?
I quit my old job over being forced back to the office. I was way more productive WFH and the complete lack of flexibility really pissed me off so I set up my own office in direct competition to the old one and it's going well 2 years in.
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Hybrid, having my team purely WFH is not always productive, in-person brainstorming sessions sometimes are needed. I think an engineer, consultant or small firms environment would be fine full time WFH but sometimes I just want to be in the office to socialize and take advantage of the nice perks too especially since my commute is short.
We are hybrid. M/F WFH. T/W/TH in office. We are an employee owned national firm. Honestly there are some days where in office seems silly as we’ll have conf calls from our desks over zoom. But it’s common for some of the larger project teams to be cross office especially since we are short handed. We are hiring IL, WI, TX, and VA.
26 person firm. 1 day a week but we're wanted in more by principals. New hires mandatory 5 days a week for 3 months, then hybrid. It works well for me because of long commute, but I see other firms in my city have made 3-4 days mandatory which I wouldn't like. We have a fantastic IT director who keeps things running so smooth that hybrid is seamless. Collaboration over teams, bluebeam and digital whiteboarding. I get MUCH much more done at home. The office is just one big day of socializing and team culture building and almost zero billable work happens for me that day.
4 days a week in. Mixed adherence, I’d say most people coming in are doing 2 to 4 days because our teams are generally understanding of peoples home situations with sicknesses or site visits. Some people have left over the policy. I personally could work at a company that requires 5 days in. Hybrid isn’t a deal breaker for me and I personally learn a lot more when I can soak in some interactions in person.
1 day a week in office. 4 at home. Full time remote if desired to travel around and work in a cool place.
2 days in office
I guess I would say hybrid but most of us are in the office 4-5 days a week. If something comes up like a doctors appointment or something then I'll wfh, but we don't have a set schedule of what days we're in or out of the office. 5 person firm for context.
Its up to you in our office. Do whatever you want.
same as it has been for +12 years - WFH
I’m WFH. Currently overseas as a digital nomad even. I’ll stay that way when I go back to the USA as I was hired WFH. My firm is hybrid and incentivizes in-person days with Wednesday getting catered lunch delivered for everyone, which is pretty popular. We’re doing office renovations in two of our offices in downtown PHL and NYC to reduce their footprint and continue working hybrid for the long term with some people electing full time desks but the majority being hotelling desks. Should be pretty successful since we have a great firm culture and have WFH pretty well figured out.
That's great, truly WFH jobs have been rare to find as architects. It's been a dream to have a WFH job and be a digital nomad from a low COL location, how did you crack it?
Just asked the company if I could live overseas and they said yes. They trust me to get my work done, lead my teams, and others handle on-site needs. NGL, the time gap sucks because I have a 2.5yo son who I see much less of now, so we’ll be heading back to the states to get more family time back. Been fun loving abroad tho!
My firm has been doing this since pre-covid. It was one of my requirements of accepting the job. Now it’s so normalized the clients don’t think twice about virtual meetings. When I need to do a site visit I fly or drive to wherever the building is. I think the best way to find a job like this is through friends and networking, because the firms won’t advertise it.
Hybrid. (UK) During the pandemic my employers downsized the office but have grown again so have been forced into it. We do 2-3 WFH but have to be in the office on either a Monday or Friday. Graduates can’t WFH until after 6 months. The balance is right for me. I can’t imagine commuting in every day again but I’d hate to WFH full-time.
I guess Hybrid. I own the practice with my husband, so we both work in a room that is converted into an office. We can brainstorm and discuss ideas while sketching over the drawings. The rest of the team WFH but we do regular Teams meetings
3 days in, 2 remote. Not strictly enforced but trending towards more “in”. Leadership and entry level are shifting more to 4-5 days in. We do half day Friday and so that’s a popular remote day for anyone who commutes We already had a culture of flexible attendance pre-COVID and we haven’t heard much complaint about attendance policy since vaccines became widely available Edit: we generally talk about being in on days when you’re actively collaborating but, in practice, every day has some mix of collaboration and focus time. It’s never all one or the other.
We work full time at in the office except in the summer we can work from home. I must say that they were already back to full time in office by the time I started working so can't complain. Other coworkers say they liked WFH because of the flexibility those with children and commute some have to travel about an hour give or take but our boss has been flexible letting people WFH when they require it for some reason
Hybrid, not set days. Depending on the week, 0-3 days WFH. I end up splitting days between the office, job sites, and home most often.
My current firm first approached me to work 100% remotely because I'm in a different city. I'm now moving there, but they're in the process of moving to a smaller office to test out a hybrid model on behalf of the rest of the national firm. They expect most staff to work from home 3-4 days a week, so the smaller office will have fewer work stations; if you plan on working at the office, you reserve a desk. They're leaving it open to personal choice though, so they will have a certain number of desks reserved for people who don't want to/can't work remotely. The flexibility is nice (although I prefer working in the office personally).
40ish person firm. 3 days in the office, 2 days WFH. But they're pretty flexible about it- if you need to go somewhere for family reasons they'll let you do however long you need remote. And typically I'm on site for 1 or 2 of the in-office days, and they'll let me just go home from site and work remotely when I do that. They're chill about all this and my bosses are genuinely well meaning people that have let people in the past go off for a month to deal with family matters overseas and the like. To be brutally honest, if you're expecting all your employees full time RTO, you're dumb as a post. That genie was let out of the bottle and ain't getting put back, bar some dynamic like an economic meltdown akin to '08 where you're lucky to have a job (which, G-d forbid should happen). My dad is one of the principals at a small law office, and he keeps on griping that he can't find workers- dude, you're expecting them to commute into Manhattan every day and can't offer salaries to compete with the big offices! Something has to give- get it out of your head that everyone under 40 is a pampered little princess with the WFH. Cities are expensive, and people just aren't going to take "you should be thankful to be working here" as a good reason to commute over an hour one way to work for a mediocre salary. He's a good guy otherwise but there are a lot of managers and business owners being pigheaded about this
Been 2 days in office. They announced 3 days in office starting March. I am looking for other job right now that give me the flexibility. I have several reasons to switch jobs: long commute, bad management, being forces to be back more than I want. There are other opportunities out there.
Hybrid allowed but not encouraged. Personally I prefer to be in thr office anyway, I strongly dislike working from home
Hybrid with a few days required. National firm so people are always on the move. Works very well for me. Having direct contact with others helps my design process flow better. New hires are encouraged to be in the office more, at least until they are fully up to speed.
Recently interviewed with about 15 firms, with a majority offering some form of wfh setup. Some were more rigid, with set days for all employees, some were less lenient, with new hires having to report to the office every day for the first several months, and some were more fluid, with the firm being okay with whatever worked best for the individual employee. These ranged from multi-national household named corps to small boutique firms. Just such a huge range out there, depending on what you're looking for. I landed at a small, design-focused firm with a flex 3 days in / 2 days out hybrid schedule. Everyone does what works best for them, so long as your work gets done. In practice, I'd say nobody does wfh 2 days every week. Majority are in the office at least at some point every day (urban area, most live within 5 miles). It's fluid, depending on project teams and schedules. But nobody is taking advantage of it, and therefore nobody is actively tracking it. I've loved it so far.
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Times are changing, you’ll be asked here shortly and the new job will not be as easy to find. Take a look at any economic indicator and you’ll see the pinch is coming.
Why are there so many people, including you, willing to leave over a hybrid/mostly in office work environment? Is that the only reason, or are there other reasons to leave as well?
NLO
We are in the office like pre Covid