Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.

Office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds::Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The argument I see in articles is engagement. Remote workers are less likely to give feedback and are less loyal to the company they say.

    I’m not sure remote work is responsible for that. There have been enough meetings where everybody in the office just nods along and loyalty went out the window after layoff waves became normal.

    Although there is a camaraderie that is easier to build in office that keeps people around a bit longer, office politics also erodes that goodwill.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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      10 months ago

      As someone who has been remote since 2020, I can definitely say I have far less loyalty to my employer than I did before. But my feeling is that I had far too much loyalty before, not that I don’t have enough now.

      My quality of life has nothing but improved since going remote, and I can only hope that opportunity grows for more people in the future.

    • Holyginz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Companies themselves are responsible for less loyalty to the company. If a company doesn’t take care of their employees they never deserved their loyalty to begin with.