It will. Then all the work from home folks will be complaining when all the raises and promotions go to people at the office.
I predict the exact opposite.
The most talented employees will be in demand—and they will dictate their working conditions by refusing to work at jobs where they are required to be at the office.
It may take a while for this to sort out, but the days of white collar workers reporting to their office cubicles will be coming to an end.
I keep warning people that laying off a WFH person is so much easier emotionally than laying off someone that you know from the office almost every day.
I think a lot of people that are ungrateful for their employment, are going to be begging for any job in about a year or two.
I agree.
This administration has done all they can to undercut business and industry, and this is just one more thing.
I am not a believer in the work from home mindset, but if the employee and employer agree on something, it is all good.
If employees want it and employers don’t, I believe the final say should be with the employers.
If people want to vote with their feet, they can and will.
The end result is, the jewel of our economy, our productivity, is going to be the equivalent of Europe in the end.
With all that goes along with that, and none of it good in the long run.
A lot of people disagree with me on this, and I get it. But this is my opinion.
I expect that people will get what they ask for, good and hard.
Goldman Sachs announced about a week ago they wanted everyone back in the office. They are probably going to use it to cut out 10% of the work force going into a recession.
My company in NH(about 60 employees)did the same thing in March of 2021. The boss asked everyone to come back in. Three employees chose not to. Only one of those is still with the company.
The two that left were not getting their work done at home. The other people in the office were having to pick up the slack.
It will. Then all the work from home folks will be complaining when all the raises and promotions go to people at the office.
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There’s a risk with that. What if they find all the deadbeats come in only to yak at the water coolers while the most productive employees are using technology to outproduce the office lackies. A smart corporation will judge employees on productivity and not whether they sit at an office desk.
Or not.