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A university friend of mine is head of a European non-IT company with a an upper five digit number of employees. A few weeks ago we had breakfast and among oth
by jansan 3y ago
A university friend of mine is head of a European non-IT company with a an upper five digit number of employees. A few weeks ago we had breakfast and among other things talked about remote working. He points why he wants his people back in office were pretty clear:
- he sees productivity slowly but steadily deteriorating
- especially weaker and new employees are falling behind
- restructuring has become very hard
- employees who cannot work remotely (they have quite a few factories and workshops) feel treated unfair
- he does not give a shit about commercial real estate
Of course this is only anecdotal, but I only know one person who could be called a member of "The Elite" and his views do not support the author's claims.
- lazypenguin 3y agoCorrelation is not causation. I do suspect productivity is decreasing but more related to things like “quiet quitting” and myopia from inflation destroying most people’s lives and less so because people are working from home. Hard to stay motivated at work when your living expenses go up 30% but companies keep withholding raises and bonuses because “uncertain economic times”.