If your job is simple nine to five, five days a week, and two days off, then you may not be too sensitive to commuting time and don't expect to be able to work from home. But if you are a member of an Internet company, especially in a technical and management position, the distance from home to the company is relatively far, then commuting to work every day is a very painful experience.
Especially in a super city like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the company lives in the city center, lives in a relatively remote suburban county or even a satellite city, and consumes more time to commute to work every day. Therefore, many people also hope that the unit can implement the system of working from home, at least one or two days a week, 5 working days a week, to avoid going out early and returning late every day, tired of running for their lives.
Ctrip has undoubtedly made a good start. Ctrip Group announced that it will soon launch a "3+2" hybrid office model, which will allow employees to work remotely from home every Wednesday and Friday from March, covering 30,000 employees of Ctrip Group, regardless of gender, duty, or salary adjustment. As a result, Ctrip has also become the first company in China to enable "hybrid office".
As soon as the news came out, the network exploded. A large number of netizens have forwarded messages in their circle of friends, hoping that their bosses can see it. For Ctrip's hybrid office model, the author's attitude is more positive, and I hope that more companies can actively participate in it. The reason is also very simple, relatively loose office space requirements, for employees is a kind of welfare, for enterprises can also play a multiplier effect with half the effort.
The most direct benefit to employees is the extension of rest time and more time to spend with their families. According to the calculation of going to work at 8:30 in the morning and leaving work at 6:00 in the evening, if you need to get up at 7:00 a.m. and arrive home at 7:00 p.m. in the unit office, then working from home can save at least 3 hours. At the same time, after finishing work in the evening, you can also go out shopping and walking directly with your family.
Logically speaking, the work content and work location of many Internet companies are not necessarily bundled. For example, the technical post can work from home, what needs at work can be directly through the mail with IM software to communicate with leaders, colleagues; if it is in the customer's project site, you can also flexibly choose the office location, which can be the customer's company's office, or it can be nearby Starbucks, McDonald's office.
At a deeper level, the overtime and inner-volume culture of 996, 007, and large weeks has become a street rat, and workers are seeking to get more rest for themselves. To some extent, the "3+2" mixed office system is also a feedback on the demands of workers. If more businesses can get involved. And the formation of a remote work culture from home will also have a certain positive impact on the relaxation of contradictions between labor and management.
However, it should be noted that working from home is only a change in the place of work, and the content of work is unchanged. In the past, working in a work office can be seen as a cut between work and private life, but the biggest problem of working from home is that it is difficult to form a clear line between work and life. When workers are accustomed to work-life intermingling, this may be the most desirable result for the management.
The reality is not so full: many companies can not even guarantee weekends, there are a variety of strange attendance assessment methods, even the basic rights and interests of employees can not be guaranteed, but also talk about "3 + 2". So, everyone in front of the screen, do your businesses allow working from home? Strict attendance? Can you make a clear distinction between work and life yourself? Everyone is welcome to talk about it.