Re:Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It
by theonlybutlet on Monday October 02, 2023 @01:01PM
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As part of the social contract, reasonable employees would agree with it if there were a solid case for it but this doesn't seem to be so. They're being offered ambiguous one liners such as the "making forward business progress" devoid of substance and which contrasts to actual measurable such as turnover, profits and other tangible measures that indicate otherwise (showing that remote work works).
I truly hope the line between leave and work doesn't blur.
Re:Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It
by IntelMiner on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:28PM
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>If that were the case there wouldn't be a push to return to the office
You're missing the inherent power dynamics of owners versus employees
The C suites at the top down to middle (mangle) management want RTO because their goals align with real estate value and tax incentives
Mangelement want it because acting as vague wardens for a bunch of people tied to desks for no reason means their jobs have meaning
If that were the case there wouldn't be a push to return to the office. There is a difference between making it through an event like COVID vs making forward business progress. Certainly there's a place for remote work but the higher you go in management the more you see the holes remote work creates. Realistically, employees should push hard for return to office and then no work out of the office. The reality is that as the job market tightens the expectation is going to be in office AND work from home. Vacation days will morph into work from home days. An expectation to answer emails after hours is already turning into an expectation to be online and available for zoom calls much later than normal working hours.