Although some employees are coming back into the office, many are still hopping on Zoom for their meetings throughout the day.
Because offices are still instituting pandemic-era restrictions, employees have said they are still operating the way they were when working from home. Now, workers are asking, whatโs the point?
Zoom has noted continued demand for its services despite office reopenings, while Googleโs parent company Alphabet said that Google Workspace is also seeing โstrong growth.โ
Nick Kneer, a communications coordinator at an Ohio-based university library system, expressed his excitement of returning to work so he could connect and socialize with coworkers and students.
However, upon returning to the workplace, he found his temporary office was a โwindowless, cinder block roomโ where heโd be attending most of his meetings through Zoom.
This is just a glimpse of the new office environment, which derives from leadersโ desires to have their workers in the office, while requiring them to be working virtually.
In short, itโs clear that the attempt to combine the perks of remote and in-person working has been chaotic.
โIt feels more like going to Starbucks and working there,โ said Harlan Crystal, chief technology officer at mobile gaming company Pocket Gems. โYouโre going to a shared place, but most of the people youโre working directly with arenโt there with you.โ
