[HN] Damaging Results of Mandated Return to Office – It's Worse Than We Thought
[HN] Damaging Results of Mandated Return to Office – It's Worse Than We Thought
Companies knew the mandated return to the office would cause some attrition, however, they were not prepared for the serious problems that would present.
[ comments | sourced from HackerNews ]
I agree with the sentiment, but there is something about the way that it’s written makes me want to disagree with the author. I think it’s their tone that they’re using in their writing.
Anyways, a part of this is confirming to me that the people calling for RTO are surprised at the outcome when they face attrition and recruitment trouble. There’s no way that when they call for RTO nowadays that they shouldn’t expect those problems.
If you’re keeping compensation and benefits the same, but take away WFH, don’t be surprised when people jump for the same job with WFH. You need to account for the lack of WFH with something (a lot more money)
No surprise there. If all factors are equal, having to go to the office is a paycut, especially when you factor in your time. If you drive, it’s petrol, wear and tear on the car, etc. if you take public transit, the associated costs eat into your salary. I know people that had hour long commutes, each direction, pre pandemic. The fuel savings alone made a huge impact on their household budgets. Not to mention work from home is overall just way better.