by kleinbl00

Smucker publishes its core-weeks schedule a year in advance to allow staff and teams to plan. Most take place every other week except for July and December, when Smucker holds only one core week a month to allow for summer vacations and winter holidays. Leaders reserve meetings requiring deep focus for core weeks—say, an Uncrustables strategy session, a training for a customer-service team or a multiday business planning conference.

I mean... we're probably 25-40% remote and we do health care. Do we need to examine you? Then you need to come into the office. Do you need to examine someone? Then you need to come into the office. Is this a talkin' appointment? Frickin' talk from the beach we don't give a fuck, it bills the same.

Our receptionist told us recently (before we gave her a raise, incidentally) that this is the best, least-stressful job she's ever had, in no small part because if she runs out of shit to do she reads a book. We've also set it up so that if she can't come in for weather or whatever her job can be done by anyone with a login from anywhere in the world, which has come in super-handy. There's shit you need to be there for? And I absolutely agree that you're going to make much better bonds and collaborate much better from just eating in the same room from time to time? But you sure don't need to do it every day.