What's McKinsey & Company's position on remote work/ return to office?
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I was just terminated from the deals group. I’ve let myself go in terms of my health and weight. I figured I’d use a good chunk of the severance time to get in shape over the summer and focus on my health but my friends and family are pushing me to find a way to juggle both and call me crazy for taking my time. My plan is to build a morning routine of fitness and work that into my new schedule when I’m rehired. Any thoughts ?
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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