I thought I won a lottery when I got a hybrid job since I've never done one. We were fully remote for last 2 months as well when we were transferring companies (we are a financial department).
Best couple of months of my entire career – not having to commute, managing my own time, not having to do pointless socialising with colleagues I have nothing in common with, just overall happiness.
Suddenly because the director has more control he wants people to be shoved in a small cubicle for the majority of the week. Managers explanation “People will like office working and socialise more because over teams we only talk about work and not about ourselves and how our days are going” (sic!). I am devastated.
I'm only 4 months in and don't want to quit until I get at least 1 year under my belt with some experience in this role because it can bring a decent money moving up. But I'm still just feeling hopeless thinking of the 1h+ commute in traffic both ways, waking up early and putting up with colleagues in a small office space.
What do.