Employer forcing into office

Thrugelmir

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SpiderLegs said:

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Thrugelmir said:

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Going forward WFH will be a major benefit and employers that don't offer it will be at a disadvantage. They need to think carefully about the offer they make to employees if they want to retain them.

Many variables to be considered from both the employees and employers perspective. Not least that many people cannot be trusted to work unsupervised. 

Employers who take that attitude will be losing a lot of good staff. Being told you can't work from home because the boss doesn't trust you to work is a pretty clear message.

Of course some people will want to come to the office, which is fine. Many will want to do a hybrid of both.

Employers will make judgements based on their own business models. Permanent WFH for many is a pipe dream. Very few employees are irreplaceable, especially those occupying generic, white collar roles.

If employers want to avoid the disruption of taking on new people, losing all that knowledge and experience of how their business works, those established working relationships, they need to consider employee work/life balance and conditions.

Employees leave organisations all the time. Employers will put the needs of the business first. 

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elsien

I’m more miffed that I want to be able to call in my office and my employer won’t let me. 

It’s no fun doing video conferences from your car when you’re bosting for a wee.  

Thrugelmir

[DELETED USER] said:

Thrugelmir said:

[DELETED USER] said:

SpiderLegs said:

[DELETED USER] said:

Thrugelmir said:

[DELETED USER] said:

Going forward WFH will be a major benefit and employers that don't offer it will be at a disadvantage. They need to think carefully about the offer they make to employees if they want to retain them.

Many variables to be considered from both the employees and employers perspective. Not least that many people cannot be trusted to work unsupervised. 

Employers who take that attitude will be losing a lot of good staff. Being told you can't work from home because the boss doesn't trust you to work is a pretty clear message.

Of course some people will want to come to the office, which is fine. Many will want to do a hybrid of both.

Employers will make judgements based on their own business models. Permanent WFH for many is a pipe dream. Very few employees are irreplaceable, especially those occupying generic, white collar roles.

If employers want to avoid the disruption of taking on new people, losing all that knowledge and experience of how their business works, those established working relationships, they need to consider employee work/life balance and conditions.

Employees leave organisations all the time. Employers will put the needs of the business first. 

Exactly. Disruption, and with smaller companies or difficult to recruit skills, the loss of valuable knowledge and delays to projects.

Employment should be a two way street, and being flexible will encourage employees to stay.

Trust has to be earnt first. Not demanded as a right.