So I'm at the 3rd round of interviews with a SaaS company which I hope is great (product, RepVue ranking, reputation etc..). Still need to iron out exact fit (on both side) and role as they have many open as they are growing.
What surprised me in mid 2021 is that they expect people to be in the office a minimum of 3 days a week. When you are new even 4 or 5. As it's a "young" company I found this suprirsing.
I get that office life is great for sharing and learning quickly. I get that as a new starter you want to soak up as much information quickly - I actually suggested this myself. I get that they just opened a new office. But it seems strange to me to be so prescriptive at this point in time.
I'm also surprised by my perplexed reaction. Currently we can work from home whenever and I know a lot of SaaS vendors that do the same.
Is WFH/Office becoming an important decision factor on the job market? What are you seeing and how do you look at this factor when considering a move.
after 1.5 years of full WFH I think spending 2 hours a day commuting can no longer be seen as "the cost of doing business/getting a great job/the hustle" but more of a waste of time in my life.
Have I turned into a little b*tch? or are they a bit old school and inflexible? I think I'll definitely need a significant raise from them to cover the "cost of commuting" and reduced flexiblity.
fair or nah?
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