Bosses want people in the office. The class of 2023 is ready.
Mok said she realized she wanted that in-person human connection after working fully remotely for Robert Half. "It was difficult to really connect with the people because I feel like that was still there, but it definitely is lacking in comparison to working in person," she said.
"This was the experience that really changed me to want to have an internship in person, or at least some sort of hybrid model," she said, because"it's a really great group of people and it's such an amazing community, but I would only communicate with them online." Though Mok said she"was definitely able to build" a strong relationship with her manager,"I didn't have as much of an opportunity to understand not just my manager and get to know her, but also the company culture overall.""It's really hard to make friends when you're online because you just log off and you're done," she said. In contrast, Mok said it was"very enjoyable for me being able to actually see people face-to-face" when she interned at BlackBerry on a hybrid work schedule while finishing her senior year. Though she met coworkers for lunch, she mentioned,"even if someone does want to work in person and come in person, there's not a lot of people that are working there.""The little times that you spend working together or eating lunch together with your coworkers is really important," she added."When you're starting your career, being able to be face-to-face and with those around you allows you to pick up on social norms and company norms faster," Cruzvergara said."And so when you're learning, and you're ideally hopefully getting lots of feedback as well, being in person allows you to build some of those really core and key relationships that can help you advance within your organizations." Luke Pardue, economist at payroll and HR platform Gusto, also told Insider"there's been a lot of conversation among new grads about some of the advantages of being in person." That includes mentorship opportunities and"gaining the connections that are really important early in life." "It's really important to be able to have that in-person aspect when you're first entering the workforce," Mok said."You need to learn people skills, right? Like being able to communicate with people, soft skills, like how to build relationships. And I think that being online definitely takes away from that.""Requiring employees to come into office at least two or three times a week is good," Mok said, just"right now it's really difficult to do that because people are so used to being online or people are so used to working remotely." But most Gen Zers still appreciate the flexibility of working from home part of the time. A.Team said 57% of college graduates in its class of 2023 survey said they"would search for a new job if their employer issued a return-to-office mandate." "I think it's really about options and it's about optionality," Cruzvergara said."This class, this generation, wants optionality. They don't want to have to choose between what they view as false dichotomies, but rather how can I have the best of both? So I want to be able to go into the office, I want to have these in-person relationships in this community, and I also don't want to have to go in five days a week." Mok agreed, calling the hybrid model the"best of both worlds" where"you're still able to be flexible and have a lot of time where you're just at home," which she said has allowed her to go the gym everyday for her mental health. "I've also met people that wanted to be fully remote" so that they can travel and"work from literally anywhere that they want," Mok said. "Especially for new grads, they should balance the flexibility that they have for remote work and finding new opportunities with some of the benefits of in-person work," Pardue said. As for Mok, she said she's definitely looking for a post-grad job or internship where"there's at least some sort of in-person aspect to it."Subscribe to push notifications
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