Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans
by HWR_14 on Friday August 11, 2023 @07:55PM
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Public statements about productivity are rarely negative. No one wants to hire a business with lazy workers who might not fulfill their contract. So public statements have to be positive.
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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans
by ghaff on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:56AM
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It's reasonable to think in retrospect that, even assuming companies had reasonable measures of productivity and related metrics (which is by no means a given), OF COURSE during the pandemic, they were going to make statements to the effect that "everything is fine/better than we expected."
And, even from a somewhat less cynical perspective, it's reasonable to see a more complicated picture where many things, but not all things, are indeed more or less OK. Overlaid on this is that a lot of companies have cut back on travel etc. budgets so one of the alternatives to people getting together in local offices is at least somewhat off the table.