Most company leaders also believe pay and promotions could become linked to workplace attendance
I would say this is true. I work in sales and I see more and more people back in the office.
People think they have the power until their paycheck is cut.
I’m more indifferent. I’ve worked from home for over twenty years. I did a year in an office and it was ok. Just too much bullshit vs work.
Employers will have to figure it out.
lmao, employers think they have the power until they lose talent. Trust me, the brain drain for any company requiring attendance will be immense.
People make that claim but I haven’t seen it. I have seen them do more hybrid than I was expecting. That seems to be how they are combating it.
Right now the job market is strange. It is taking longer to find jobs but there is a huge shortage of jobs.
Only time will tell how this will play out. I still think the motivating factor is power. They just want to be able to watch their people and build their empires.
there is a shortage of jobs because wages are still historically low.
funny thing is companies that pay higher wages don’t have trouble hiring people.
my company pre pandemic had 5+ employees turn over every month. post pandemic we have like 1 a month or less. why? our wages went up 40% across the board from 2020-2023. our starting wage used to be 35K in 2019. that’s barely livable in in my city. now it’s closer to 50K. benefits have also increased substantially, but we did drop the commuting benefits because we are hybrid.
turns out people will work for you if you pay them a fair wage and offer them opportunity to increase their wages.
I worry about this, as moving away from the remote opportunity that was provided by Covid would positively destroy mine and my family’s life. There really needs to be much more consideration on the impact to their value producers.
A few things to remember here:
CEOs aren’t daft, they will respond to manipulate the survey results to show what they want it to show. Through no fault by the survey this is likely not what CEOs really think.
Stated preference surveys are often undertaken to support investment decisions, but it is well known that ‘stated preference’ and ‘realised preference’ are often different things.
…also for many jobs better candidates will seek out more flexible employers. These same better team members will also more on if there is any suggestion they are being unfavorably treated due to flexible working arrangements. My point is, for many (not all) the employment market will force employers to accept more remote working than happened before the pandemic. There was a trend in this direction even before the pandemic, there is a perspective to say COVID was a catalyst for more remote working, and the return will never be complete.
