Posted on 08/03/2023 10:38:50 AM PDT by ShadowAce
“’Gee, I liked staying home in my pajamas and working for 3 hours a day. Now I have to get dressed and go somewhere for eight hours to get paid?’”
And that is EXACTLY what these little snowflakes are rebelling against.
We have created a generation of utter crybabies and entitled little brats who will spell doom for not only themselves, but for a great many who are caught up in the chaos that will ensue.
Our government has spawned a generation of wimps. Societies made of sterner stuff are going to eat the wimps’ lunch as we older folks “cross over the river and rest in the shade of the trees.”
Two statements struck me:
1. “The survey equates the displeasure of shifting from a flexible work model to a traditional one to that of experiencing a 2% to 3% pay cut.”
Helloooo... Depending on your commute time, distance, and fuel cost, it may actually BE a 2-3% paycut. I live a long way out, and a rough calculation for me would be in that range. I actually figured it in to my initial salary demand.
2. ...staff members were more open to returning to the office if it was out of choice, rather than forced.
Kinda like making me go to squiggly light bulbs or an electric car?
Taking away anything someone likes is going to cause a problem. There - 11 words, and you could have saved reading that column.
My organization is also 100% remote. We have been since March 2020.
We've been #1 in the world at what we do for 9 straight years. We're not in a niche industry, either. Every country has an organization like ours.
All spoiled and pampered they want to work whenever they feel like in their pajamas from the sofa
BFL
They can't bring us all back if they wanted to - just not enough room.
And they apparently save a lot of money having us work from home - the slackers always found a way to loaf in the office anyway, so this way we don't have to see them loaf. And we get more work done.
I'd rather work late in my basement office during a program crunch then stay until late at night in an office 35 miles away.
“My company is 100% remote. We are gaining market share and attracting the best and brightest. Any company that can’t manage a remote work force needs better managers.”
Exactly. I think those who say remote workers just want to “stay home in their pajamas and work 3 hours a day” are projecting what THEY would do if they worked remotely. Prior to retirement I worked remotely - and managed remote staff - for 40 years with no such issues. In a typical in-office setting, one would be lucky to get in 3 hours of productive work - after meetings and countless other interruptions.
Gee, I thought these "underrepresented" groups were oppressed and suffered job discrimination?
They don't sound so oppressed if they feel free to quit these jobs which they allegedly have such trouble finding.
“No one should give a crap about employees feelings. It’s like crying in baseball. Ridiculous.”
You actually believe that baseball management doesn’t care about the feelings of their multi-million dollar talent?
So folks quit when they were instructed to come back or be fired? Seems okay
“The Greenhouse report has ranked employees’ priorities as:
Increased compensation (48%)”
There you go. Cash is still king. If you really want to get people to come back in, and not quit on you when you ask that, then offer them more money in exchange.
“And that is EXACTLY what these little snowflakes are rebelling against.”
Hate to break it to you, but I’m hardly a snowflake. I’m a 40+ year Engineer and Project Manager, and I’m doing my job extremely well from home for three years now.
If I need to have eyeballs or hands on something, I’ll go in.
Manufacturing type work and oversight needs your presence, but typing plans, designing process flows, and untangling stupid practices can be done mostly from my desk, and my desk doesn’t care where it is. For many jobs, it is not necessary to be there.
Good employees will give you good work from home. If you’re not getting good work from your employees, cut ‘em loose.
“No one should give a crap about employees feelings.”
I guess your company is doing great with its fully robotic workforce, eh?
Technology is such that home office set ups are now just as good if not better than the office plus the ability to work from wherever has never been more convenient.
There certainly is a benefit to hybrid working as your pool of experienced candidates becomes much wider but it’s up to managers to have a plan in place to manage those remote workers. In todays world (for most) - work isn’t where you go, it’s what you do….
Hire a boomer.
Best decision you will ever make, in this current environment.
Boomers have done the politics thing, they don’t GAF.
Boomers have already climbed the ladder, they don’t GAF
Career advancement? Don’t GAF.
But, expect to pay them well.
On location it is easier to set up teams and promote those that meet your DEI goals instead of performance.
Our government has spawned a generation of wimps. Societies made of sterner stuff are going to eat the wimps’ lunch as we older folks “cross over the river and rest in the shade of the trees.”
True. America is living off the social and economic capital accumulated by past generations.
Eventually the capital will run out, and America will collapse.
But I'm old enough that I (hopefully) won't be around to see the worst of it. Millennials and Gen Z won't be so lucky.
“Actually a lot of the best and most in-demand employees left.”
Yep, because the people who know they can go get another job (and demand remote work from other employers) are not the unskilled workers.
It’s pure risk for the employee, and almost no benefit. It’s also a pay cut, and a considerable one.
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