The Los Angeles Times ran articles on businesses preparing to take their employees back to the office setting. After over a year of working from home, company leaders are trying to navigate how to transition employees who are now settled in the “work from home” way of life.
Some businesses aren’t making their employees go back if they don’t want to, others are seeing the hybrid online and in-person way of work as the new normal.
OWC CEO Tracy Williams was interviewed on her thoughts for getting her company to go back to the office.
She told The Times that although her eight-person firm has not yet returned to the office full-time, she installed Alen Air purifiers in the 12th-floor suite in Westwood last month to eliminate 99.9% of particulates in the air.
“We’ll have the cleanest air in the building,” said Tracy Williams, president and chief executive. “But do we still need seven offices and a conference room with a view? Frankly, I don’t know. It’s one of the big questions for every business.”
OWC Senior Associate, Paulo Acuña, revealed that he had a more formal return to work one day in April to complete a project with several employees, though he is otherwise still working from home. He stated that the experience was altogether strange.
“I can’t really decipher what it was like — if it was good or bad,” Acuña said. “It was weird. It’s been a long time since we’ve been together.”
Acuña was met with a large pile of subscriptions he decided to leave for another day. One thing he did do was keep his mask on, even though he could have closed the door to his office and taken it off. That wasn’t something he contemplated doing even though there were only a handful of workers in the office.
Read the full articles here: L.A. employers are preparing for your return. Here’s how and The first day back at the office might feel weird. Really weird
