re: Forbes - CEOs Will Be Clamping Down On Employees

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head of the hospital where my daughter works in Ft. Worth lives in the Philippines, they just got a company directive, no more wfh!!!

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That dude;

Ah, c suite and middle management needs a justification to keeping an eye on their employees.

Regardless of the positive impacts WFH has gained: statistically speaking better performance and work output, price of gas and wear and tear on vehicles lowered, and surprisingly benefiting the environment by lowering carbon emissions.

Also the work force is happier because they gain extra time to their day devoted to commuting.

WFH doesn't really apply to all industry, but just forcing people to come back to work to justify your own position in the company seems short sighted.

Edit: Oh, and they need a justification to continue paying outrageous prices on wherever the home office is and that office space.

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que the "I'll never work in an office again"

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All the fast food joints are still hiring. Will never have to go into an office again.

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But the efficiency is lost when there are Teams meetings about meetings and everyone sits and watches someone draw dumb flow charts about absolutely nothing on virtual whiteboards.

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Bro, I work mid-senior level in the public sector in IT and half of my day is this anyways.. regardless of WFH or in office.

In office, it's literally just in the conference room doing SCRUM meetings with the project managers/security/other departments until my eyes bleed.

This all goes much deeper for the larger employers

This strategy is being utilized to expedite the transfer of white collar jobs overseas.

If Karen and Keith can do this job 100% remote, why not pay Dimitri and Mai Lynn a fraction of the salary to do the same damn work overseas?

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To each his own, but I've never seen work as a means for human interaction.

I have my family and friends I do that with. Work is just the thing I do to make money, if we're being honest.

I work at a fully remote place now but before when I worked in an office, I never really made friends from work that I'd hang out with outside of work.

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It just depends on the person, my mom is retired and stays home all day, my dad is retired and he cant stay at home all day.

I dont like being at home all day, id rather go into the office. Plus the other places i would be going are by the office. The grocery store, the dentist, and the gym.

TBH I prefer working in the office because it's easier to communicate issues in person vs teams, but that's just a personal preference.

I just think it's short sighted for most c suite to blanket retract WFH to justify their own positions within the company.

These are the same people that have been screaming about it from the start.

From my view it’s still an employee market, especially talented employees.

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Well they have this cool thing called Microsoft teams. It allows you to talk to people, you can even share a screen.

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Teams is absolute arse in certain situations where physically discussing something with a coworker is ideal.