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It's really unfair to enforce these RTO policies and simultaneously not enforce proper protective measures to safeguard the health of employees. Let alone the e
by agentultra 3y ago
It's really unfair to enforce these RTO policies and simultaneously not enforce proper protective measures to safeguard the health of employees. Let alone the environmental damage caused by forced commuting.
Companies built giant campuses and signed long term leases. Now we're in a world where that is no longer a rational choice. Adapt. They're always talking about innovation. Where's the innovation here forcing people back into offices?
It's just money. Deal with it.
- nostrebored 3y agoThis line of reasoning makes no sense. If full remote were more productive, companies would continue to do it. The fixed costs don't change either way. What protective measures do you want to see? The aggregate risk here has not changed significantly at this point vs. before remote policies were implemented.
- agentultra 3y agoMandated masking, up-to-date vaccines, exceptions for at-risk employees would be a good start... but I'm not a doctor or epidemiologist. The point is that COVID-19 pandemic is not over and there should be policies followed to protect at-risk and differently-abled employees. They shouldn't have to expose themselves to health risks in order to comply with an RTO policy due to local conditions allowing people to be in public spaces unmasked and with no vaccination. Full remote is more productive. Enough people seem to think so based off of various surveys.
- jdhendrickson 3y agoIf productivity were the only factor and companies behaved logically sure, but you know that's not the only factor and they often make decisions that aren't logical. Yet you argue as if it is. Why?
- nostrebored 3y agoWhat decisions do you think they're basing RTO on that don't boil down to the production and costs of the business?
- cwkoss 3y agoYep, a big covid wave is just starting to break (seen concerning hockey stick graphs for both CA and NY in the last week). Good time to start masking up again.
- Gigachad 3y agoWorking in an office is extremely safe compared to almost every other kind of job.
- agentultra 3y agoI’m not comparing apples to oranges here. I’m talking about protecting people who are immune compromised, etc. you could be taking care of someone undergoing chemo and bringing COVID home from the office would be pretty bad.
- joquarky 3y agoIt's not the office that's dangerous; it's the commute. Also, fewer people commuting leads to better/safer driving for those who must commute, such as nurses.
- Gigachad 3y agoIf getting around outside is unsafe, that's more of a country issue than an office issue. In my city I can just walk to the train station, get on, then get off at the city station and walk in to the office. It's extremely safe and probably a slight benefit in that I have to do 15 minutes of walking twice a day.