Many company executives now regret their initial return-to-office plans, as 80% say they would have approached it differently if they understood employee preferences. While some firms are requiring more in-office time, citing collaboration needs, others are scaling back requirements due to retention issues. Successful companies like EY are listening to employees, addressing concerns over childcare and commuting, and seeing office attendance rise as a result. However, full office occupancy remains below pre-pandemic levels as hybrid work grows in popularity. It will take time for companies to settle on arrangements that satisfy both employees and management.
Got a friend who was forced to RTO
…except literally every single person they work with is at a different branch. He’s doing the exact same things as he was at home, but it forced into the office. Fucking ridiculous doesn’t even begin to cover it
@Alto @trashhalo @zerkrazus i know its bonkers! im the last one on my team who has dug my heels in and refused to RTO. my tasks involve working with a sister team based in Poland (im USA based) we have most of our infrastructure in cloud and whats not is located in data centers across the country from me. my work 100% online! seems to me if my employer is “upside down " in their office/buildings/mortgage” is NOT my problem!
This is why I’m glad my IT dept isn’t pushing for RTO. Both our data centers are out of state rental spaces, so even in the office all our work is remote.