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If/when a recession hits, every single employer is going to use that to force people back into the office. No ifs, ands or buts. You can see the largest tech co
by blindriver 4y ago
If/when a recession hits, every single employer is going to use that to force people back into the office. No ifs, ands or buts. You can see the largest tech companies like Google, Facebook, etc. start to enforce RTO, with the veiled threat of being laid off. By the end of next year, I assume most people will be back in the office at least 4 days a week if not 5. Employers will definitely use layoffs as the hammer to get people back in and working under their watchful gaze.
- Clubber 4y agoI see them trying, but they might realize that losing access to half the talent pool might not be worth it.
- morkalork 4y agoBig employers sure but small and medium? I doubt it. A whole lot of smaller businesses just discovered they don't need the overhead of a real estate lease and the owners are quite happy to keep working and pocket that extra money.
- throwawaysleep 4y agoWhy you want to work for fully distributed companies that are smaller and thus couldn't afford to do that. At my job 1, the city with the most employees has only 20% of the staff. The rest are spread throughout Canada.
- bnchrch 4y agoAnecdotally there were plenty of remote only companies before the pandemic. So no. I don’t see this happening for every remote position. Some sure. But not all. Source: a Canadian who has been working remote only for a decade across many different companies
- dghlsakjg 4y agoThe company I work for took COVID as an opportunity to bail on their large office lease. They moved to a cheaper and smaller office that really doesn't have room for what you propose. I don't doubt that there are some companies that will try to do that, but it just makes life easier for remote companies that are hiring.