Today, we've got a note from DC lead reporter Michaela Althouse that's relevant for all:

Congrats on another week in the books, everyone. We’re ending the week here with some thoughts on the highly anticipated Return To Work. 

On Thursday afternoon, Washingtonian Magazine CEO Cathy Merrill penned an op-ed on her staff’s potential return to the office. In it, she argued that about 20% of every in-office job consists of non-work responsibilities like mentorship and office celebrations. With WFH life making it harder to do those things, she argued that you could consider those who don’t want to go back full-time contract employees—thus not requiring benefits like health insurance. In response, Washingtonian staffers held a publishing strike today. 

Full disclosure, I am a former Washingtonian employee, so I maybe spent a little more time thinking about this one than some others. But as more and more people get jabbed, the great Return To Work is coming (or has happened already), and I can’t help but think we can probably expect more of these controversies between employees and employers as it unfolds. 

So tell me, as some of the people that created the very tools to make WFH possible, how do you think companies should approach return to work convos? Let us know here or at baltimore@technical.ly.

—Michaela Althouse, DC lead reporter, Technical.ly  (michaela@technical.ly)