I’m in the UK so it’s the norm (saying that, not sure if that applies to London). If they’re indicating, you wouldn’t dream of not letting them out.

It’s more my thought pattern as I do

I must be broken as often I’ll let a bus out expressly thinking that a vehicle with 20 people in has to be more important than me.

I’m not in the US thou

Yes sorry, I meant City of London I. E. the finance/banking area. But even then it’s not strictly correct as alot of that industry are ou at Canary Wharf.

It is yes another silly situation the UK has got itself into!!!

Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.

Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her

That’s a really interesting insight, thanks. We just get so used to the norm that we know.

5 day is brutal, my friend in the city (London’s finance sector) has this and it’s therefore more restrictive than it ever was before covid.

He has something like a day a month where he can elect in advance to WFH for specific reasons.

It creates scenarios where a friend in the US drives 40 minutes just to swipe his card/ go have breakfast and then heads home again

Which country are you in where you get to expense the commute to your designated office?

I’m in the UK and have never heard of this. Sure, if you’re a home worker but that’s not who RTO is targeted at. Or if you’re asked to travel to a non-designate site, client site etc

Ah, no, you see, what you’re actually referring to is “energy recycling”. See, doesnt that greenwashing sound so much better?

It’s how Norway from memory tops the recycling league

Having just been made redundant this week after 15 years this is so true.

I managed it very well, very rarely having committed more than my allotted hours each week but I know for many they would have to have been very disciplined to achieve this.

I leave with no malice or ill feeling as a result. I’d hate to think how I’d feel otherwise