Our manager talks all the time that we will all go back to the office soon. I don’t get the sudden urge to do that. If the pandemic has shown anything it’s that WFH is a good concept that benefits the company as much as the employee (fewer expenses, a worker is judge by the work he does not the time he spends at work..).
I don’t see any good in mandating this return nor any reason behind it. Looks like the sick need of the management to control and micromanage is winning over common sense.
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I have been amazed, not at all surprised but still amazed, at how many people that normally ride the fmla and dis-ability train for all they can get have been on the job every day since the work from home. It is so obvious that no one can ignore how the dis-ability and fmla has dropped of the chart. If they force people to go back then it is logical to assume they want all the fmla and dis-ability paid time off also to return. I'll be looking in the 'dis-ability' part of town for a completely unscrupulous medical team to get my paid 6 months off every year...
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Soak up all the WFH you can, just don’t complain when your job gets shipped to someone working from home in India, Philippines, Slovakia, etc.
WFH is for the companies with progressive management styles. AT&T as always is behind the times with executives who have no clue how to manage a geographically dispersed employee base. Even after 18 mos of most working from home successfully, they want to revert to their old, sad & sorry ways of managing people
WFH is a win-win for companies and employees who can take advantage of it. Second only to employee expenses, office space is the company’s biggest expense. Businesses everywhere are shedding costs to house their employees and are saving a ton of money. Honestly, who cares if employees wear their pjs all day .... as long as they are productive, managing deliverables and helping to grow revenue to the company’s bottom line. Many of us have been successfully working remotely for many years; and I can guarantee you that working from home does not mean you work less....it means you typically put in more hours.
WFH may not be a good fit for every job title, but there are many positions for which it works well.
WFH definitely benefits the company because if your job can be done from home it can be done from India. Keep those pajama pants on and judge Judy/day of our lives/price is right on in the background as you sip a cup of Joe and enjoy your WFH today.
Companies across the country are now facing the reality that how and where employees work has forever changed. Unfortunately, there are some leaders, like Cathy Merrill, CEO of the ‘Washingtonian’ who has blatant disregard for the employees in her organization. She’s stated in an OP ED that employees who refuse to return to work full time offer business leaders a tantalizing opportunity economically....just make those employees ‘contractors’ saving the company millions in healthcare cost, 401K offerings, paid sick/vacation....just kick them off as an employee and make them hourly consultants. Don’t think for a second that ATT and others aren’t already trying to come up with a plan to handle post COVID return to work. It will be interesting, to say the least.
HR should look at how much vacation has been taken this year and compare that to 2019. WAH is vacation for some. It requires the boss to be on top of every employee all the time. They should answer Q messages within 30 seconds.
WFH definitely has many benefits to the workforce and company. I enjoy WFH, I don't miss the drama that can happen by f..tards in the office, but employees do benefit when they overhear other employees talking about work related issues, making a project easier or fixing a problem etc. I took this info, stored it in my brain to be used if I have a similar future issue. You can't gain that information WFH.
This is a regressive company, it isn’t about whether working remote is productive or not. It is about about power and control. It’s the preception that management has control over the workforce. Silly, these experts never figured out work load management. There are some who has little work and bored to death; some working OT for months without end. And yet, return to the work at the office is so critically important but yields no significant results. Bet you are getting a tons of emails and being preached at every single town halls and team meeting.
How about planning and giving people challenging and meaningful work so they can be proud of what they do and the company that they work for? Not a chance in he-l, this way way beyond the comprehension of these id--ts.
This company will always look for ways to make you hate your job more.
What's a few million if that's what it cost them. Much better than throwing 89B down a rat ho-e.
Gonna miss mowing my lawn, Costco run, home repairs.
Looking forward to going back into the office. My L3 manager will now have to do more than half days as he will now be on show in the office rather than constantly missing when at home. I miss Skype and his daily ‘away’ for 2hr auto messages.
I hear the reason the company is not allowing many employees to continue to work from home- is that the amount of hours they’re not working due to “technical issues” has cost the company millions of dollars.