How to thrive while working in a hybrid setup

Life Kit

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Kids & Family, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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More companies are offering hybrid work schedules, allowing office workers to split their time between the office and home. A hybrid setup has plenty of benefits but can be challenging to navigate. These tips can help you and your team ease into it.

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0:00.0	What a way to make living.
0:09.0	9-5 What a quaint idea.
0:12.0	Remember 2019, back when we used to drag ourselves to our offices on Monday mornings, fuel ourselves
0:17.5	with coffee, and somehow get through the week?
0:20.3	Well, for many of us, that is a distant memory.
0:23.7	The pandemic completely upended the notion of going to work.
0:27.8	In its place, a patchwork.
0:30.3	In person is easy.
0:32.1	All remote is easy.
0:34.3	The grey zone, a lot of uncertainty.
0:38.0	I'm Andrea Shoe.
0:39.0	I cover workplace issues for NPR's business desk, and I'm here to explore getting back to
0:43.6	the office and how to make a hybrid setup work.
0:46.8	I think the one thing most of us can assume is that no day is going to be identical anymore.
0:52.0	Maybe I want to work in the office Wednesdays, but at home Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.
0:56.7	You might choose to do something completely different.
0:58.9	Now, some of you might be thinking, what?
1:01.1	I'm an essential worker.
1:02.5	I never work from home.
1:03.9	Or I've been back in my office for months full time.
1:08.2	We know, hybrid work is not possible in all professions, but we also know a lot has changed
1:14.3	in the pandemic for office workers.
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