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Theoretically it thins out the workforce by triggering resignations in the people who are the least invested in your company; the ones who really "get it" will
by danudey 2y ago
Theoretically it thins out the workforce by triggering resignations in the people who are the least invested in your company; the ones who really "get it" will stick with the company and RTO.
In reality, it thins out the workforce by triggering resignations in people who think they're going to have an easy time getting a job elsewhere at a remote-friendly company, which is typically your best people. On the balance sheet it looks great because they're often the top earners, but in reality you're losing some of the best talent you have.
It also thins out the workforce by removing anyone who can't return to the office, or for whom doing so is untenable; people with disabilities or health issues, single parents, and so on, regardless of how well those people perform or what they bring to the company.
Theoretically those positions can then be filled by people who are more talented or more interested in or passionate about the role, but in reality they'll be filled by people who don't mind RTO or who need the job bad enough that they'll put up with it.
- siamese_puff 2y agoI think it also kills morale while dismissing the fact that the majority of people don’t or can’t opt into finding a new job very easily. This leads to a slow culture death which affects sales much more IMO
- fcatalan 2y agoHard to measure the quiet quitters, but they are there, sullenly drawing their check in exchange for their minimum viable productivity.
- siamese_puff 2y agoI mean, the first problem isn’t just the view on the small portion of people that actually check out. It’s moreso the majority than continue to suffer. It affects their own health, their families, happiness, life, society. I think macro now because the US work life is declining exponentially and no, I don’t mean the stock market.