As a CEO, all my best people prefer remote, and all the stragglers who copied off of them can't wait for office. Will be leaning all the way into remote, personally.
Somehow the article fails to even acknowledge the roles that commuting and non-affordable housing play in people not wanting to come back into the office. To me, "Office culture" is not worth spend 90 minutes each way crammed into a metal tube, tip-toeing around human feces and trying not to inhale the crystal meth on the Bart platform.
Also, it should be stressed that being forced to be immersed in "office culture" is something that is not in the interests of some employees (somewhere between "most" and "all"?)
I mean, who really cares about all-hands and fireside chats and musings from a random higher-up regarding random facts? Are they better than being close to your loved ones or your pets or wear slippers or even vaccum a room? Get a camera and post them in your blog. Don't force a small army of people to sit around being force-fed whatever thing you have to say.
CEO is concerned that senior employees won't return to the office to do the important work of mentoring juniors. Instead of incentivizing them to return, CEO threatens to convert them to contractors and take away their benefits if they don't come back to babysit the young'uns. Tries to invoke FOMO. Says remote workers will be emotionally easier to fire.
Some things are priceless because they're worthless and this op-ed is one of them. Yes professional development is hard, but blaming your remotes entirely for their lack of it will only make it harder. The remote workers I know are busy gleaning important details from the multitudes of emails their CEOs and managers send because they're "too busy" to talk on the phone. This CEO needs to learn about "passing the buck" before she attempts "professional development."
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 21.3 ms ] threadI mean, who really cares about all-hands and fireside chats and musings from a random higher-up regarding random facts? Are they better than being close to your loved ones or your pets or wear slippers or even vaccum a room? Get a camera and post them in your blog. Don't force a small army of people to sit around being force-fed whatever thing you have to say.
Sounds like a shit CEO.