Some bosses are tying bonuses to getting people back into the office. But with "work from home" the most searched-for term on job websites, the push-and-pull is a source of contention.
Their problem is not that they can’t manage remote work. It’s that remote work is so effective that they don’t need the buildings that they have invested too much money in.
@cosmicrookie@morry040 It’s also telling how many of these same managers have never had any problems with outsourcing their manufacturing roles overseas.
Or outsourcing contact centres to India.
Or outsourcing business processes to Manila.
Or outsourcing IT work to a Silicon Valley cloud platform provider.
You can’t get too much more remote than being in another country.
Their problem is not that they can’t manage remote work. It’s that remote work is so effective that they don’t need the buildings that they have invested too much money in.
@cosmicrookie @morry040 It’s also telling how many of these same managers have never had any problems with outsourcing their manufacturing roles overseas.
Or outsourcing contact centres to India.
Or outsourcing business processes to Manila.
Or outsourcing IT work to a Silicon Valley cloud platform provider.
You can’t get too much more remote than being in another country.