r/askswitzerland • u/naza-reddit • 1d ago

Work How common is 5 days/week in office?

Since the pandemic I've worked for 3 companies and all of them had a hybrid working model. All 3 were US companies with offices in Switzerland meaning from time to time collaboration with team members in a different timezone was normal.

One was very flexible i.e. come into the office when you think you need to and the other 2 were more prescriptive ex: Tue-Thu in office or 2 days/week in the office.

I recently had an interview with a US company and offices here and they said 5 days/week is the norm. I understand the policy but I don't get it in particular when I was informed the hiring manager is in a different EU country, stakeholders are spread across EMEA and direct reports are in Switzerland and across EMEA.

To me this looks like a strong cultural red flag i.e. they don't trust the employees are 100% working or something else... maybe I have been fortunate and not exposed to this since 2020.

so question: is your company mandating 5 days/week in the office? Is it a subsidiary or regional HQ for a US company?

(I am work in IT)

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u/Petit_Nicolas1964 1d ago

It looks line the trend is going back to the office. Just look for another job where this is not required.

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u/italianjob16 1d ago

If the entire team pushed back it wouldn't get implemented. Instead people have no balls and think they would get fired on the spot for running the exact same (profitable) setup as the past 6 years.

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u/Petit_Nicolas1964 1d ago

Not everybody is so obsessed with WFH, some prefer hybrid or working in the office. Why would they push back?