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Good point: to a board that sees everything through a lense of shareholder value, cost savings from closing an office are quantifiable but "increased productivi
by cpeterso 4y ago
Good point: to a board that sees everything through a lense of shareholder value, cost savings from closing an office are quantifiable but "increased productivity and innovation" from RTO is not.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoMore importantly boards have a legal obligation to see everything through shareholder value. The fact is there’s plenty of evidence of increased productivity and innovation from letting workers work the way they work best. What’s at issue is senior executives want everyone to value the things that brought them their own success, some nebulous idea of “office culture” and “hustle” and whatever other malarkey that boils down to “work the way I like not the way you like because I’m in charge.” RTO has nothing to do with profit, value, productivity, or any of that. It’s an ideological issue, and boards don’t work on behalf of ideology. In fact in many ways their purpose is to control for ideology interfering with profit and shareholder value creation.
- AdieuToLogic 4y agoMost managers I have observed do not give this topic that depth of thought. The dominate mindset has been, "if I (the manager) do not see you in a seat when and where I expect, then you are not working." If employees work from home, these types of managers feel emasculated. EDIT: a word