[ladyjane]

I have no problem with a ‘work at home’ policy if that’s what a company wants for some employees.

I have a big problem with the Entitled Generation. They feel they are entitled to the freedom to make their own rules about everything. Spoiled brats, many of them. If they don’t like the burden of coming into the office - they can quit.

[CityCenter]

You must be another widget maker like me. ;-)

[tanknetter]

It’s a function of leadership and management to keep things like a sense of entitlement in it’s proper place.

Doing so requires the ability to effectively balance various forces. The “Entitlement Generation” as you describe it, happens to be approx 80 million strong. Just as big as the Baby Boomers. They aren’t going to leave much choice in the matter, you might as well step out in front of a speeding semi, hold up your hand and order it to stop, for all the good it’ll do you.

Like I said, this strikes me as a situation where management has allowed a culture to get out of control. It needs to be addressed, but simply ordering people back into the office is an incredibly risky, if not short sighted, route to take.

[Myrddin]

My company has a fairly comprehensive telecommuting contract. It specifies office hours, equipment provided and not provided, expenses covered and not covered. Office space must be maintained in a fashion that would meet OSHA safety standards. Meeting your commitments with respect to being available during "official" office hours is easy. Getting others to not stomp all over those limits is more difficult. The advent of the cell phone has made it even more difficult. Everyone is expected to have a cell phone (personally financed) and be available to take a call 7x24.