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It's not going to take much for your average middling management meddler with a damp weak handshake to feel insecure with not having bums in seats and to get everyone back in.
In my industry I don't think it will be down managers wanting bums on seats, it'll be ambitious schmoozers coming in voluntarily to "bump into" senior managers, and then anyone who doesn't put in a bit extra in person time will get their card marked. Same reason in pre-covid days, in some teams if you turned up for work that's supposedly 9 to 5 after 8am, someone would say "nice of you to join us for lunch".
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We are / were the same industry, i think.
Leaving before 6pm = "half day?" Or "thanks for popping in"
The cards marked bit is kind of what i was getting at - a manager confident in their hiring choices, and conversant with what their teams are delivering, isn't going to pay too much heed to glad-handing by suck ups.
NotThamesWater
It's not going to take much for your average middling management meddler with a damp weak handshake to feel insecure with not having bums in seats and to get everyone back in.
My (pre-covid) ambition was to live out of town, and with two days a week in the office with an overnight in a travelodgealike. Still is my ambition, pretty much.