A number of people were allowed to continue to work from home, but there was no rhyme or reason as to which people, other than the people who whined the loudest were allowed to stay home. Those who are back at the office are complaining about the fairness of why the person who used to sit in the cubicle next to them is still home. They have a point.
He is in security and wasn’t asked his opinion about the security concerns involved with allowing certain people in certain capacities to work from home. If he had been asked, he could have discussed why, security-wise, certain categories of employees versus others should or should not work from home.
I would think there is a security concern with having so many employees feel as if people who are allowed to work from home are getting special treatment. There is no telling what they might do as their resentment builds.
We never stopped going to work as our company is in medical manufacturing and deemed essential. Some of the office staff worked from home but I can’t see how they could tolerate it. If you have a young child in the home it would be nearly impossible.
The other problem with working remotely is this: it is very difficult to separate research/product development from manufacturing. Often a machinist or clean-room worker will identify a problem with a product or packaging. They simply walk down to R&D to show us the problem and we come up with ways to address it. You can’t do that from your living room.