Time for a 'great experiment' says Cisco as it lets team leaders set place of work

Less than a quarter of Cisco's 77,000-strong workforce want to spend three days or more in their office when COVID-19 restrictions lift – and so Switchzilla is embarking on a "great hybrid work experiment." “We know that the office has changed forever, and we won’t be returning to the office or using physical space in the same …

[bofh1961]

What could possibly go wrong?

So the manager's favourite gets to come and go as she or he pleases and the bullying victim gets a miserable five days a week in the office.

[Wellyboot]

Re: What could possibly go wrong?

Lawyers will love that.

After more than a year 'out' it's going to be hard to justify a demand to be 'in' every day for some of the crew.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: What could possibly go wrong?

I suspect that singling somebody out like that could even be taken as constructive dismissal.

[Down not across]

Poll

Register readers, often but not always the most sane voice in the room, voted with their clicks early in 2021, the majority of those voting in our poll favoring a three-day week spent in their PJs and two commuting to the office.

That's a gross simplification only due to choices available (if I recall the poll correctly) in the poll. Granted, there are too many options for a simple poll, but I would hazard a guess that better interpretation would be "...and up to two commuting to the office".

Personally, I think once or twice a month (or at most once a week) is more than enough of horrible crowded office.