India, Sept. 14 -- A US-based Indian-origin software engineer recently opened up about how he and his family adjusted after moving from full-time work-from-home to a hybrid schedule at JPMorgan Chase. Jitender Jain, 40, shared his experience in an as-told-to essay published by Business Insider. He revealed how his career and family life shifted after the pandemic and how he has adapted to hybrid work at JPMorgan through Cognizant Technology Solutions, where he is employed as a software engineer lead.

Jain explained that he previously worked at Walmart Global Tech until the company abruptly closed its Dallas office last year. Faced with relocating to another state and returning to full-time in-office work, he opted to take severance. Then...