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Australian here.

I work four days a week from home and one day in the office as a “team day.” Seems to work for us as software developers. Team day is not mandatory but everyone makes an effort to rock up and socialise a bit.

My wife is an optometrist and will continue to work from her practice 5 days a week.



The crucial difference between your policy and a total WfH policy is the ability to recruit anyone from a ~50-mile radius versus anyone from the Australian continent. The quality of applicants you get from a total WfH policy will dwarf whatever benefits you get from one in-person day.


Also, you could probably fly people around for in person events for less than the cost of the office space.

Tropical island, maybe?


Absolutely. I'm based in Australia and that's exactly what the fully remote company I work for does, they fly the team over every few months... minus the tropical island.




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