The much written about balance of benefits vs costs of Working From Home are coming to the fore. Recent graduates who had the misfortune to spend large parts of their recent education isolated from their peers are apparently finding it difficult to operate in corporate environments compared to previous cohorts. This is surely going to be compounded by WFH making it harder for this group to learn from their seniors. 

The article states that many of the younger cohort “have only had minimal or virtual work experience, with less exposure to a corporate environment. Some were less confident and many are used to working in an isolated way, so struggle with teamwork and how they [should] work in office and on client sites”.

The difficulty of training new hires had been compounded by hybrid working, said a senior partner at one consulting firm, because it limited opportunities to learn by observing more experienced colleagues. Like most professional services firms, Deloitte and PwC allow their employees to split the working week between their homes and the office.