80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’
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As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.

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  • Infamousblt [any]
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    11 months ago

    It's interesting to me because I work for a relatively small company. The owners sent out a survey that was basically like "what do you want to do, office hybrid or remote." The results came in and it was overwhelmingly either full remote or 1-2 days a week. Their next email was basically "this surprised us, but okay. We'll close the office when the lease is up and move to a smaller one to accommodate. Also we're now hiring in over a dozen states." They just...asked. And then they modified their plan based on it. And most people stuck around. It was that simple.

    • slushiedrinker@lemmy.zip
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      11 months ago

      It sounds like they were smart about it. They were like, "Wow, we can pay less rent on office space" and rolled with it. Then they were like, "Now we can look outside the area for employees that might be better than the ones in the area when we're hiring." It makes sense for a small company to ask and then take advantage of the pros.