CHAPTER 17
When Do We Actually Need to Meet in Person?
by Rae Ringel
Three days in the office, two working from home? Or two weeks in the office, then two at home (or some other, more alluring remote locale)? Everyone in all the time?
These are some of the options leaders are considering as they grapple with what work should look like. Some of these arrangements are landing uneasily. At Apple, for example, employees pushed back against a policy requiring them to be in the office three days a week, describing a “disconnect between how the executive team thinks about remote/location-flexible work and the lived experiences of many of Apple’s employees.”
To get beyond this stressful push and pull, we need to reframe the conversation and focus on ...
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