{"id":7649,"date":"2021-08-31T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T16:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nqzw.com\/?page_id=7649"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:21:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:21:17","slug":"firms-great-return","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/firms-great-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Firms &#8211; Great Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7649\" class=\"elementor elementor-7649\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69d7bdc elementor-section-full_width bt-header-bg-section elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69d7bdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6dfaf3\" data-id=\"b6dfaf3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b20234d elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b20234d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce18f0d\" data-id=\"ce18f0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05ab83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c05ab83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Great Return<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32fe908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32fe908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">At nQzw, we are all about building workflows that allow attorneys to have the same experience and deliver key information to attorneys and staff when they need it, wherever they are. As &#8220;wherever they are&#8221; is a moving target these days, we decided to help attorneys and legal professionals navigating this ever-changing landscape of in-and-out-office work.<\/span><\/p><p>We&#8217;ve aggregated firm policies in a single source where you can view the latest policies for AmLaw and Magic Circle firms that have made announcements.<\/p><p><b>Office Type<\/b><br \/>We&#8217;ll start with the firms&#8217; philosophy about how they describe their approach to the Great Return:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Hybrid: split between remote and office<\/li><li>Hybrid, Remote: split, with more emphasis on remote<\/li><li>Office: primarily or exclusively in the office<\/li><li>Office, Hybrid: office first, but supporting some level of remote work<\/li><li>Remote: staying primarily remote<\/li><\/ul><div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Days in the Office<br \/><\/span>One of the first things you notice is that it&#8217;s actually more informative to look at the Days in Office expectation, which really tells you the firm&#8217;s intention. The most common approach is to require 3 days\/week, regardless of how they describe it.<\/div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\">\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\"><b>Trend Over Time<\/b><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\">Although the fourth wave of the pandemic has been pushing out the dates through necessity, the overall trend over time is an increase in the expectation for the number of days in the office per week, which is easy to see in the bar chart comparing the first phase to final phase of office re-opening.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Hybrid is Here to Stay<\/span><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal;\">Only 3 of the 89 firms we&#8217;re tracking have announced plans to return fully to the office. The specifics vary, but the vast, vast majority of firms will continue hybrid with an expectation of 3 days in the office being the most common.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div><b>Vaccination Mandates<\/b><\/div><div>A significant majority of firms are now requiring vaccines (or in a few cases, negative tests as an alternative) to be in the office.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><b>Work From Anywhere<\/b><\/div><p>We spent the pandemic helping firms go remote, and now we&#8217;re helping firms with the new Work From Anywhere reality. Somewhat ironically, the Great Return to the office is actually more challenging than the rushed move to remote. Attorneys and staff now expect to be able to Work THE SAME From Anywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/zebraworks.com\/en_gb\/scanning-and-printing\/\">See how we enable firms&#8217; hybrid operations as part of their\u00a0digitization strategy.<\/a><\/p><p><b>Updated September 30, 2021<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7846bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d7846bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQMnWRd_Uj4Tkmgdkyls9oreGohQ4ZoT-PJFJsjk3zGkki9Qfvj57f9ORNCRlemdg\/pubhtml?gid=856099422&amp;single=true&amp;widget=true&amp;headers=false\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7516d1f 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