Employers push for staff to return to the office after working from home as commercial property values plunge - eviltoast
  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    “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”

    Is anyone actually swallowing this tripe?

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        11 months ago

        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

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      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.

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      I don’t think they’re wrong that it’s easier to train people in-person, it’s just not worth the cost of going back into the office

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      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.