Changes on how, and where, we work need to come.

It's interesting to see how while some people already have the skills, and tools, to work from home effectively, most of the time they are reluctant to that option. It looks like that, while it could be more beneficial for them to do home office, the idea of making such a change is not one that come easy for them.

While it is true that home office is not the best option for everyone, many could be even more effective working from home. Specially those whose presence at the physical location of their company is not really required and the time to get to and from there is to long. Today, there are ways to get all the information they need from they coworkers without having to be at the same place, and with the advent of tools like remote desktops to access the tools they need from where ever they happen to be with an Internet connection, it becomes even more practical to work remotely.

Even a hybrid model, make people anxious about working remotely. Even when there is talk about the amount of time needed to get to work, or not having enough time for personal stuff, the idea of working remotely and getting some extra for personal use by not having to go work in other place, is a change not everyone is willing to make. It seems that they believe that not being present at the office all the time will make them irrelevant, even when they can give better results working from home.

To be honest, in many cases a hybrid work model would be most beneficial for most company and workers. Being able to work from home some days, while going to the office on others, would be both the companies and the employees more flexibility on their time management to be more effective at their jobs. With the benefit that people would be more happy and feeling more in control of how they work.

While it would require a lot of change to get the model to work, the tools are already there to make it work and the people already have the skills to use them effectively. The only thing lacking now, is the will to actually implement the changes, and to seem the through.