Do you think VH wanted to extend WFH or was the overwhelming sentiment too loud to ignore. The EC, while dumb, isn't oblivious to their peers who are doing similar. This isn't VH being great. It's that she would be vilified if doing anything else right now. She needs any sort of wins to stay afloat and will surely use this as a catalyst for her to remain in the good graces of the sheep mentality that a good number of employees have.
This decision contradicts what she stated on the podcast recently where she wanted employees back. So it was pressure that kept her from pulling the trigger. Good for whom ever has her ear. However, it doesn't fix the mistakes she has made to date and the poor leadership she has displayed. It doesn't take much to realize the integration has failed in many key ways. The fact that we still even use the terms like LOXY and LAPC is proof that even management is aware. Its been over a year. Come on, thats like moving houses and still one year later you are still eating off paper plates because you haven't unpacked your dishes. Systems and teams havent been integrated and it makes us look like a joke when the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Guess what, it starts at the top (so called brains). Then the actions will trickle down. I can guarantee the data being presented to leadership isn't the full story because of the adjustments needed to collect it from the many systems not integrated. Its plain and simple, she has failed you as a leader and you need someone to shake things up and question the current path and narrative. It will be hard rebuilding but its better than continuing down the path of inadequatcy.
I am so mad that we have praises for her and anyone else on the EC vs screaming for change.
Really think where you were just 1.5 years ago as a company vs now and know that covid didn't do all of this... it was VH and the EC and the BOD. Change is needed now.