WFH is going to be interesting when this all calms down

[BR14]

WFH will never continue at this scale and IMO we are going to see a wide range of attitudes by companies but any contractor thinking they can dictate only WFH is deluded.

I've been deluded for over 12 years now

[SussexSeagull]

It also gets overlooked that most people on here are fairly experienced and the nature of contracting is you need little guidance. However we got to that stage by asking 1,000 questions over several years.

You can almost guarantee that if permanent people get pulled back into the office then we will follow.

[Lance]

Basically, it will be a fight between the bean-counters who have identified (and have some proof) of a new way to save money, and managers, some/many of whom don't trust their staff and contractors to wfh.

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In that scenario the bean-counters will make sure the crap managers are removed.

Win Win...

[Lance]

It remains to be seen and it will vary from sector to sector. I imagine a lot of data security risks have been overlooked that probably won't be forever.

thing is. This recent enforced WFH has forced a lot of security minded people to re-assess what they once thought.

Intune, MDM, App Protection, information protection, DLP, CAS, and other modern technologies are being seriously considered now. Apart from the face to face aspect of office work, there is almost no reason for office workers to be in an office any more. And that is in almost all cases what we do.

[heyya99]

thing is. This recent enforced WFH has forced a lot of security minded people to re-assess what they once thought.

Intune, MDM, App Protection, information protection, DLP, CAS, and other modern technologies are being seriously considered now. Apart from the face to face aspect of office work, there is almost no reason for office workers to be in an office any more. And that is in almost all cases what we do.

My work has sent us a survey gathering opinions of the 'future of work'.

[uk contractor]

You missed the memo.

Since the 00s companies have been saving money on office space by making people WFH including 99% of the time.

So did you! I am talking about the trading & investment finance industries more than anything! They prefer people on seats in offices 80% of the time!!

[uk contractor]

It remains to be seen and it will vary from sector to sector. I imagine a lot of data security risks have been overlooked that probably won't be forever.

Compliance especially...….!!

[ladymuck]

I've been deluded for over 12 years now

Most likely, yes, but we're not talking about that

[BR14]

Most likely, yes, but we're not talking about that

i respectfully refer you to the original quote

[lecyclist]

We seem to be forgetting a few points such as in some, if not many cases, communicating in the office is far better than remote, whatever people say. There are people that would love to get back in to the office for many reasons as well. I'm one of them. Can't wait to get back in to business casual and get in, if nothing else just to interact with human beings again.

I started my last contract a year ago in London. Left the UK in March 2020, when there were approximately 40 COVID cases in London, and continued to work remotely since then. All my client-side relationships were essentially formed in those 3 months. Without that IRL contact, I expect my work relationships would have been much more sterile and transactional. And looking at this through a self-interested contractor lens, anything that makes you an interchangeable generic resource is bad for business.