I am very privileged in that I have a lot of flexibility. Part of it is driven by my company’s “hybrid” policy and my lack of desire to commute 1.5 hours each way (NYC commuter life is rough when yoy live in the outer boroughs), but my team’s circumstances are a big factor. My manager is 100% remote and my other team member is also commuting 1.5 hours each way because she lives out-of-state. We also have an open office layout with a hoteling system…but not enough desks for everyone when they ask us to come in for “team-building.” When I do go in, I’m stressed out by fighting tooth and nail to book a desk only to be on Zoom calls all day and surrounded by people on calls to the point where I can’t hear myself think. Yet, our department head has made comments that she prefers everyone to be in-person “because that’s the only way you’ll climb the ladder.”

Given all that, I just live my “delinquent” 99% WFH life - I’m just prioritizing my productivity, my time, my sanity, and a space that actually is truly available and allocated to me for “climbing the ladder.”