What's McKinsey & Company's position on remote work/ return to office?
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I like my job alot. I work with smart people. I have a ton of flexibility. All in (salary, bonus, equity) I make $300k mcol. It's kind of a dead end, I'm not gonna make partner and it's PE backed so I could lose my job at any time. At some point I'll probably be laid off because that just seems to be the new reality. I struggle with looking for a new role because I like my role. But also I feel lazy just chilling. Sanity check if I should try to jump and get back on the escalator or enjoy it?
At this point it’s not even clear what “return to office” means. It’s highly client-dependent, and in-person Fridays in the office were already optional before COVID. With the spread of new variants and vaccines unavailable for young children, I doubt the firm will actually force anyone to be in-person for the foreseeable future. I can’t imagine I’ll stop wfh in the next ~6 months given the type of work I do, and haven’t set foot in a McK office in almost 2 years.
Second this - no one I know has been going into our local office on a regular basis. Folks have been colocating but it’s sporadic and dependent on how the team feels. Have yet to spend time onsite with a client since I started over a year ago.
We are officially back now but it’s a soft start - will be fully back by Jan
The other side of the argument is that the firm has been falling behind in terms of coaching new joiners. So even if we’re not back to client sites, team leaders are starting to recommend collocation at McK offices. I’d expect that this becomes more commonplace starting Jan.
I’ve been in person since March/April. Either at the client site or co-locating with colleagues in our offices around the US. It is very client dependent, but when we couldn’t go to a client site for one reason or another we have still been colocating in a McK office in a member of the team’s city.
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