Source below... Generational divides on WFH: Workers >55 prefer to work remotely ~35% of the time; workers in early 20s prefer WFH ~45% of the time; workers in their 30s/40s prefer WFH 50%.
In other words, Gen Xers have become the unlikely warriors for flexible work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/business/gen-x-in-charge-companies-chief-executives.html
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I was in the office on Friday and the only people in an area of about 50 seats were the guys that came in to pick up the boxes filled with items when they packed up desks when the pandemic hit. I was able to collaborate with those guys for two minutes when I said thanks for getting those boxes out of here. Lol.
This is being tracked so you’re not going in, think!
Actual gen Xer here. I despise RTO with every fiber if my being. I really don't care what others think of it by generation. If you love driving to a building for no reason, go for it. It's inefficient horse S that makes me less effective because I'm sitting in a car rather than working those 2 hours every day. It's been almost 18 months since I started driving in and I have gained absolutely nothing from doing it. No peers, managers, or directs there. I drive in, I get on teams, email, and the phone for a while, and I go home. Other then occasionally distracting me or saying "excuse me" in the hall, there's no interaction between me and others in the building, nor should there be. They have no business need to know who I am or what I'm doing, and vice versa.
F Hudson Yards. Completely worthless fools that have no idea what they are doing.
Workers in their 30s/40s are often the ones training H1 and outsourcing groups. At least that is my experience.
We have not learned enough in our 20s, and we are likely wiser and not the target in 50s.
Cool, except there are no Gen X in their 30s
So, if one can believe the results quoted in the OP, it would seem the younger generations prefer WFH. Makes sense. The young-and-full-of-c-m generations don't do a good job separating work from life (OMG!! Work IS my life dude! Hype!) so WFH makes sense for them. Us oldsters HATE WFH because we want a fire-wall between work and life. When at work, we work. When at home ... we don't work; no work email, no "checking in", no work phone. Capeesh?
Makes sense, GenX is the most liberal of the generations.
It makes sense. A lot of gen z workers have no kids at home and don’t have the skillset yet to have to work crazy hours. While they are in the office they are planning what Thursday happy hour they want to attend. As they get older, and start having families they have to rush off to school and 3 different baseball games, they will understand.
I'm always amazed at how we can decry all types of discrimination, yet for some reason age discrimination is still totally tolerated. It's doubly confusing to me because you're discriminating against yourself in the process, just yourself at a different age.
Let the young ones go in. They are stupid and naive to know any better.
They should really force everyone be in the office at least Mondays and Fridays… I am noticing that it’s getting way too hard to get tee-times on both days.