Millions of white-collar workers grumbled their way back to offices this week under various on-site attendance mandates, lamenting the fact that Mr. Hyde, not his softer alter ego, is alive and well and setting HR strategy at their companies.
In their backpacks and totes, they lugged with them a sense of entitlement and activism that has shaped workplaces since before the pandemic enabled widespread remote work, often putting them at odds with leaders and begging the question: Who’s in charge?
Remote-work boosters counter that productivity among the work-at-home set is higher because they work longer hours and can maintain a better work-life balance, though many of the studies supporting this claim are based on self-reporting.
At the same time, many companies have become soft – even cowardly – fearful that mandating in-office work or saying no to their employees will exacerbate an already tight talent market.
These happy places have quiet spaces for contemplation, collaboration stations, sitting and lounging areas, food courts – basically, replicas of home environments that effectively separate a worker’s nose from any grindstone.
In an effort to attract and retain young, creative talent, the corporate suits created office environments that were more playgrounds than workspaces.
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Calling companies “soft” lamenting employee perks (that were actually meant to keep people at the office longer than just 8hrs a day), and using Jamie Dimon (bailout king) as an expert reference - this is all tough guy corporate bullshit
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Millions of white-collar workers grumbled their way back to offices this week under various on-site attendance mandates, lamenting the fact that Mr. Hyde, not his softer alter ego, is alive and well and setting HR strategy at their companies.
In their backpacks and totes, they lugged with them a sense of entitlement and activism that has shaped workplaces since before the pandemic enabled widespread remote work, often putting them at odds with leaders and begging the question: Who’s in charge?
Remote-work boosters counter that productivity among the work-at-home set is higher because they work longer hours and can maintain a better work-life balance, though many of the studies supporting this claim are based on self-reporting.
At the same time, many companies have become soft – even cowardly – fearful that mandating in-office work or saying no to their employees will exacerbate an already tight talent market.
These happy places have quiet spaces for contemplation, collaboration stations, sitting and lounging areas, food courts – basically, replicas of home environments that effectively separate a worker’s nose from any grindstone.
In an effort to attract and retain young, creative talent, the corporate suits created office environments that were more playgrounds than workspaces.
The original article contains 752 words, the summary contains 199 words. Saved 74%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Calling companies “soft” lamenting employee perks (that were actually meant to keep people at the office longer than just 8hrs a day), and using Jamie Dimon (bailout king) as an expert reference - this is all tough guy corporate bullshit
The word “entitlement” is do over-used and abused, it needs to be stricken from the language.
It’s time to quarter-ass it in office and tank that productivity