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I feel like this is overstated. How many people are always considering leaving their job? When it comes down to wfh will just be another benefit companies can

I feel like this is overstated. How many people are always considering leaving their job? When it comes down to wfh will just be another benefit companies can offer. If a company doesn't want to offer wfh, then they better pay more or they won't get as good as talent.

datameta 5y ago
For a large proportion of people there has been a real opportunity for increased well-being though improved work-life balance. Now there are those to whom this development is antithetical to their business' culture and vision and they will try to incentivize or threaten their workforce into complying with the former status quo. Normally you'd be right, but now is a different time. There has never been such an across-the-board shift in people's routines: greater possibility to spend time with the people they care about, newly found opportunities for hobbies, all the trite and important self-care activities vital to mental and physical health.
- ludamad 5y ago
  There is definitely some percentage of people who have suddenly found flexibility and would not trade it willingly. And some percentage of those who have moved far out enough to not be able to trade it really at all. I don't think a big company will struggle to find people willing to work locally, but a small company can definitely use this as an opportunity
- mancerayder 5y ago
  That's tough. Throughout my entire career almost no one cared about work life balance, although some claimed that they did. It depends on your role. Have you ever heard the following: "It's IT. Of course there's on-call and weekend work"? I have, dozens of times. Work-life balance is a matter of good management and - in the United States - a LOT of luck. It's extremely rare in tech in the medium to high paying roles. It's endemic to the tech culture, and the competitive nature of people. In tech and especially in finance. There are personality types that get you tarnished for suggesting work-life balance is a thing.

datameta 5y ago

For a large proportion of people there has been a real opportunity for increased well-being though improved work-life balance. Now there are those to whom this development is antithetical to their business' culture and vision and they will try to incentivize or threaten their workforce into complying with the former status quo. Normally you'd be right, but now is a different time. There has never been such an across-the-board shift in people's routines: greater possibility to spend time with the people they care about, newly found opportunities for hobbies, all the trite and important self-care activities vital to mental and physical health.

ludamad 5y ago
There is definitely some percentage of people who have suddenly found flexibility and would not trade it willingly. And some percentage of those who have moved far out enough to not be able to trade it really at all. I don't think a big company will struggle to find people willing to work locally, but a small company can definitely use this as an opportunity
mancerayder 5y ago
That's tough. Throughout my entire career almost no one cared about work life balance, although some claimed that they did. It depends on your role. Have you ever heard the following: "It's IT. Of course there's on-call and weekend work"? I have, dozens of times. Work-life balance is a matter of good management and - in the United States - a LOT of luck. It's extremely rare in tech in the medium to high paying roles. It's endemic to the tech culture, and the competitive nature of people. In tech and especially in finance. There are personality types that get you tarnished for suggesting work-life balance is a thing.