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Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Its increasingly clear hybrid working (working from home) is settling down to a compromise between workers/staff &amp; employers of three days a week in the office... it would seem likely that these three days will be (across countries) Tuesday, Wednesday &amp; Thursday.</p><p>For firms servicing commuters (in office areas), this looks like a prompt to revise their own workers' shifts patterns... but how this will impact on local economies is less clear; will WFHers spend more locally, now?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a></p>
Sarah Peper 🏳️‍⚧️<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OpenToWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenToWork</span></a> Hi y'all. <br>I'm now properly looking for a new job, available from early September for a senior software role. Ideally, in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Kotlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kotlin</span></a> or Java-to-Kotlin conversion. I think I can tick just about all the important boxes for backend development and some more. (especially XP, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/TDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TDD</span></a>, trunk-based development, pairing, fast feedback cycles). Ideally, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/remote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remote</span></a> or flexible <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> (the one in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>).<br>:BoostOK:</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Leaving aside the ONS' current travails with their workforce data, I think we can take as pretty indicative their confirmation that hybrid working is highly class determined, with workers with degrees &amp; in white collar jobs much more likely (unsurprisingly) to be able to work from home....</p><p>Over a quarter of workers now 'enjoy' hybrid working &amp; they are much more likely to be living in the UK's least deprived areas.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jun/11/over-a-quarter-of-workers-in-britain-engage-in-hybrid-working-ons-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">jun/11/over-a-quarter-of-workers-in-britain-engage-in-hybrid-working-ons-finds</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>‘Every time we went away we loved all the green around us. Then we thought, let’s just go do it’ – The Irish Times <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1088076/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1088076/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CountryHomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CountryHomes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForYou</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/meath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meath</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/monaghan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monaghan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewToTheMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewToTheMarket</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/offaly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offaly</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/sligo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sligo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WestCork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestCork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/westmeath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>westmeath</span></a></p>
David Weir :v_enby:<p>I’m the parent of a one year old child. I’ve received several invitations to speak at workshops and conferences this year, and not one has been willing or able to accommodate me giving a remote talk.</p><p>Did we learn nothing from the pandemic? And if I with all my privilege (and being gallus enough to ask) can’t do it, what hope for precarious, early career, minoritised academics?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>If the Labour Govt. was serious about helping disabled people get work (rather than a bad faith rationalisation for disabled benefits cuts), what they should be doing is helping ensure that hybrid working (and extensive working from home) is protected &amp; indeed, promoted (and not just for the disabled).</p><p>The Work Foundation has found hybrid working plays a major role in allowing people with a range of health conditions to manage them.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundation/publications/beyond-the-office" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lancaster.ac.uk/work-foundatio</span><span class="invisible">n/publications/beyond-the-office</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Quite how angry workers who have been enjoying hybrid work (working from home for some of the week) are about calls to 'return to the office' is becoming increasingly clear.</p><p>Good management would (and is) finding ways to make hybrid work well (as indeed it often does), but of course the UK bullying (toxic) managers only see a threat to their authority, while landlords are worried about under used (and thus soon to be vacant) office space.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/31/half-of-uk-professionals-might-quit-if-ordered-back-to-the-office-full-time-poll-shows" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/31/half-of-uk-professionals-might-quit-if-ordered-back-to-the-office-full-time-poll-shows</span></a></p>
Gary Parker :party_porg:<p>Come and work with me and my fabulous network team in Loughborough, UK!</p><p>Happy to answer questions in public or via DM</p><p><a href="https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ032/it-specialist-network-and-smart-campus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ032/it-speci</span><span class="invisible">alist-network-and-smart-campus</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/FediHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHire</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networking</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/cisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cisco</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/dnac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnac</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ise</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/hybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hybridWorking</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Leave aside a minute your judgment on the character &amp; operations of Fortune Magazine's top ten most admired corporations in America (they say 'world') &amp; look at their staffing policies.</p><p>Yes, 7 out of 10 most admired top US firms are offering some form of hybrid work for their workers; perhaps UK managers should pause before continuing to impose 'back-to-the-office' requirements.</p><p>Hybrid working (for this able to take advantage of it) still looks like the way forward!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a></p>
Mr Lawrence 🇪🇺🇷🇼<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> Last three times they tried “back to office” on me, I left and found a new employer. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> rules! ✊</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As managers across the economy seek to constrain or even stop hybrid working (and working from home), those sectors with stronger unionisation are reacting with strike action against such 'back to the office' policies.... this week public sector workers at the Land Registry are starting industrial action (short of a strike currently) in a dispute over a three day in the office rule being imposed on all sites.</p><p>Managers just don't (or won't) get it, will they?</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> </p><p>h/t FT</p>
Shouty person<p>Starling, an online-only challenger bank in the UK is in the news.</p><p>‘CEO Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff … to travel to work for a minimum of 10 days each month.’</p><p>And the very next paragraph…</p><p>'But the bank, which operates online only, admitted that some of its offices would not be equipped to handle the influx.’</p><p>I may consider moving banks. I can't support a bank run by an idiot.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/19/starling-bank-staff-resign-after-new-chief-executive-calls-for-more-time-in-office" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">nov/19/starling-bank-staff-resign-after-new-chief-executive-calls-for-more-time-in-office</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a></p>
OsteoarthriticAutistic<p>Agile’s insistence on co-location is disabling | Thudfactor<br> <a href="https://www.thudfactor.com/posts/2024/10/colocation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thudfactor.com/posts/2024/10/c</span><span class="invisible">olocation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deaf</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HOH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOH</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HardOfHearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardOfHearing</span></a> <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HearingImpaired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HearingImpaired</span></a> <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CoLocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoLocation</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/HearingAids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HearingAids</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Offices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Offices</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/ConferenceRooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConferenceRooms</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/OpenPlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPlan</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>PwC: UK accounting giant to track workers’ locations as it ups office hours | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pwc-working-from-home-hybrid-office-b2608246.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/pwc-working-from-home-hybrid-office-b2608246.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PwC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PwC</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/HomeWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeWorking</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/OfficeWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeWorking</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Interestingly, the private sector's wrestling with how to deal with working from home &amp; its transition into hybrid working has hit upon the solution that exists across much of the university sector (during term time) - three days on the premises, two days working at home.</p><p>If anyone had asked university academics they could have suggested this was a workable compromise a long time ago..... but there we go.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WfH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WfH</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/08/santander-to-insist-uk-workers-are-in-office-three-days-a-week" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/artic</span><span class="invisible">le/2024/sep/08/santander-to-insist-uk-workers-are-in-office-three-days-a-week</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> has benefits over fully in-person working — the evidence mounts <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01713-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-01713-1</span></a></p>
Robin C<p>Dell is crushing it this week. After a security breach of 49 million customer's physical addresses it's followed up by announcing an authoritarian return-to-office scheme that colour-codes staff according to their attendance records.</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/dell_return_office/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/05/08/del</span><span class="invisible">l_return_office/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/returnToOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>returnToOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>A review of nearly 2000 studies of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workingfromhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingfromhome</span></a> confirms what many knew already: 'there are ways to make the home working approach actually work well for the organisation &amp; also for the employee'! </p><p>But first you have to convince <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/managers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>managers</span></a> who see <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WFH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WFH</span></a> as undermining their power &amp; are as a result are keen to have intrusive <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> as part of any acceptance of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a>. </p><p>And of course WFH has its downsides, from distractions from routine work to snacking!<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/17/working-from-home-can-bring-big-health-benefits-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">feb/17/working-from-home-can-bring-big-health-benefits-study-finds</span></a></p>
Richard Peat <p>The increase in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hybridworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hybridworking</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/workingfromhome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingfromhome</span></a> has contributed to a 30% drop in domestic <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/burglaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>burglaries</span></a> since 2019 as with more people at home there are fewer opportunities.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/11/how-the-working-from-home-boom-has-left-slim-pickings-for-burglars?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/feb/11/how-the-working-from-home-boom-has-left-slim-pickings-for-burglars?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Professor Kerstin Sailer<p>Excellent piece on <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/HybridWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWork</span></a> by Andrew Mason explaining why employees and managers tend to find themselves on different sides of the debate</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/amawson/2023/10/10/uneasy-ground-the-shifting-tectonic-plates-of-hybrid-working/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/amawson/2023/</span><span class="invisible">10/10/uneasy-ground-the-shifting-tectonic-plates-of-hybrid-working/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sciences.social/tags/WorkingFromHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingFromHome</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/WfH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WfH</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/HybridWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HybridWorking</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/OfficeDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeDesign</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/workplaceDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workplaceDesign</span></a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/WorkplaceCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkplaceCulture</span></a></p>