Returning to the Office?
Returning to the office? Keep these workplace etiquette tips in mind.
- Many companies are requiring workers to return to the office.
- Employees who've been more isolated during remote work might need time to acclimate to the office again.
- Etiquette experts shared tips with BI to help smooth the transition back to in-person work.
You've been called back to the office and someone walks over who you've only ever talked with on Slack or Zoom.
What do you do?
Or maybe you recently traded the privacy of your living room office for a hot desk in an open-floor plan and your friend FaceTimes you.
Should you answer at your desk?
It's etiquette questions like these that workers who became used to remote work might need to brush up on as more companies mandate a return to the office. And for some Gen Zers who graduated during the pandemic, remote work may be all they have ever known in their careers.
While there may not be a one-size-fits-all approach to how to behave at the office, BI talked to etiquette experts to get their advice on smoothing the transition back.
Arden Clise of Clise Etiquette says the biggest complaint she's heard from clients is that workers need to brush up on their social skills and remember "the niceties that we can get into a habit of doing when we're spending more time with people, but have gotten forgotten when we're isolated in our homes."
So whether you're re-entering the corporate office world after a few years of being remote or starting your first in-person job, here's a refresher on post-pandemic office etiquette.
Business attire: A little self awareness goes a long way
Many white-collar workers are dressing more casually when they return to the office today compared to pre-pandemic.
Returning to the office? Keep these workplace etiquette tips in mind.
- Many companies are requiring workers to return to the office.
- Employees who've been more isolated during remote work might need time to acclimate to the office again.
- Etiquette experts shared tips with BI to help smooth the transition back to in-person work.
You've been called back to the office and someone walks over who you've only ever talked with on Slack or Zoom.
What do you do?
Or maybe you recently traded the privacy of your living room office for a hot desk in an open-floor plan and your friend FaceTimes you.
Should you answer at your desk?
It's etiquette questions like these that workers who became used to remote work might need to brush up on as more companies mandate a return to the office. And for some Gen Zers who graduated during the pandemic, remote work may be all they have ever known in their careers.
While there may not be a one-size-fits-all approach to how to behave at the office, BI talked to etiquette experts to get their advice on smoothing the transition back.
Arden Clise of Clise Etiquette says the biggest complaint she's heard from clients is that workers need to brush up on their social skills and remember "the niceties that we can get into a habit of doing when we're spending more time with people, but have gotten forgotten when we're isolated in our homes."
So whether you're re-entering the corporate office world after a few years of being remote or starting your first in-person job, here's a refresher on post-pandemic office etiquette.
Business attire: A little self awareness goes a long way
Many white-collar workers are dressing more casually when they return to the office today compared to pre-pandemic.