Some bosses are tying bonuses to getting people back into the office. But with "work from home" the most searched-for term on job websites, the push-and-pull is a source of contention.
"But corporates who are seeing maybe an average of one to two days a week in the office, they are really wanting to drive higher occupancy rates, because they see the benefits of collaboration, innovation. That kind of comes from people face-to-face in the office".
The other element — mentioned by everyone from CEOs and executives to human resources leaders and academics — is about the mentorship and training of younger staff.
"That," Mr Broderick notes, "is really hard to replicate from home”
for real, I would much rather have my entire staff in places they feel the most comfortable. home, smaller office or, what would be cool af is a social hub, Kinda like the capital one cafes, just without the credit card theme.
only the boomers consider face to face important. im only 35 and i just found a job that where im the oldest. and its the most refreshing work experience in my life. everyone treats each other better, there is dialogue that results in action, i asked for a work comp in the back because traveling back and forth from the garage to the race kiosk was a little tedious. i was handed a new computer for the workshop in like 3 days.
my boss is 22 and our General manager is my age. absolutely no toxicity, no boomer ideologies. it really has been a mental boost of fresh air. Then my other job is a buncha mean nasty older fucks 50+ who are upset with the world because they believe fox news.
Yeah I read a story on Reddit from one employee of a giant company that had a "all hands on deck" mandatory meeting about working from the office....and the mega CEO was in a videocall instead of being in person for this meeting
Yeah upper management at our work is. That's pretty much verbatim what they said during a recent meeting to "encourage" staff to come in 3 days a week.
As a junior member at my work, this is actually a legitimate reason. Being in person is a way better environment to learn in. And work in to some degree (for me).
Still, I don't think it's worth going back to the office as a mandatory thing. It's too inflexible for people with families, or if you don't live that close to the city.