80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Many company executives now regret their initial return-to-office plans, as 80% say they would have approached it differently if they understood employee preferences. While some firms are requiring more in-office time, citing collaboration needs, others are scaling back requirements due to retention issues. Successful companies like EY are listening to employees, addressing concerns over childcare and commuting, and seeing office attendance rise as a result. However, full office occupancy remains below pre-pandemic levels as hybrid work grows in popularity. It will take time for companies to settle on arrangements that satisfy both employees and management.

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[-] Lowered_lifted@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

It's so delicious to see this after so many months of endless RTO propaganda

[-] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Honestly, I'm so sick and tired of seeing pieces on how WFH affects productivity and scare journalism about employees slacking off during remote work. I hate that the discussion revolves around productivity metrics and not the fucking human who is expected to do ever more with less for the sake of 'making number go up.' As if that's the way this is supposed to be, working 60 hours a week just to barely get by so Bezos can have his five-hundred-million dollar yacht that's so big they have to dismantle a bridge so it can pass. Like that's not a hint that maybe people shouldn't have that much wealth to throw at a floating palace.

Maybe it's a good thing the Earth's heating up. Fever kills viruses.

[-] sandriver@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I might have misunderstood what you're trying to imply, but unfortunately the bulk of people going to be displaced and killed by this "fever" are not the ones causing it.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I believe the implication is that humanity does not deserve to continue on.

[-] zerkrazus@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

The companies that continue to try to force RTO will just alienate most millennials and zoomers. Good luck finding a wide enough group of people to fill those jobs you supposedly need filled. Most workers hate RTO, no matter how much BS, posturing, and gaslighting you do corporate, you're not going to win this one.

[-] Alto@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Got a friend who was forced to RTO

...except literally every single person they work with is at a different branch. He's doing the exact same things as he was at home, but was forced back into the office. Fucking ridiculous doesn't even begin to cover it

Edit: grammar is hard

[-] antwerx@mastodon.social 1 points 10 months ago

@Alto @trashhalo @zerkrazus i know its bonkers! im the last one on my team who has dug my heels in and refused to RTO. my tasks involve working with a sister team based in Poland (im USA based) we have most of our infrastructure in cloud and whats not is located in data centers across the country from me. my work 100% online! seems to me if my employer is "upside down " in their office/buildings/mortgage" is NOT my problem!

[-] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Hmmm how would you learn employees preferences... Hmmm extra furrowed brow

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

A whopping 80% of bosses regret their initial return-to-office decisions and say they would have approached their plans differently if they had a better understanding of what their employees wanted

In other words, 80% of executives / bosses are completely incapable of listening to their employees and are now shocked that things aren't working out, when they were undoubtedly explicitly told this wouldn't go the way they think it will.

Ah well, time to blame the plebs, cut their pay and benefits, and give the execs a raise so they can confidently execute a new disaster.

[-] raptir@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

No, they knew exactly what employees wanted. They just didn't expect them to actually leave over it.

[-] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The execs at my company continues to say that we're an office based company, citing collaboration and social reasons. However, I have not heard of a single person below VP level share this opinion.

Luckily, many of us are "field personnel", and mostly work either in the field or at home. Mandating that we work from the office would mean that we're "office personnel", who cannot be required to do field work. I love how corporate definitions make it easier to defend against corporate wank.

[-] SoManyChoices@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

While I completely agree with you, they have better lawyers and deeper pockets, so don’t be surprised if they somehow have it both ways.

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