youngkin's fighting the future by fighting the present... ordering employees back into the workspace and refusing telework for the majority

[butters]

More than 300 employees from five state agencies have resigned since Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Virginia’s new telework policy in early May, according to records obtained by 8News.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/o...sedgntp&cvid=bb3b71ea01fd404ead167012d5725012

 

[Rightguide]

Non-productive people get used to sitting at home unsupervised and getting paid for it.

 

[ll74]

Going into an office doesn't make you productive. It can help you be productive....so can staying home.

 

[butters]

lots of people will always prefer working from home rather than commuting. 1 day a week requests are ok'd by supervisors, 2 by higher up, and 5 or more has to now go through a panel. If there's no significant impact on one's work, i don't see an issue.

Working from home, as catapulted into popularity via the pandemic, has changed how people see working methods. No putting the cat entirely back into a bag, or box, it's escaped from.

 

[rockcasbah]

(Butters wants to weed the carrots from the sofa.)

 

[ll74]

lots of people will always prefer working from home rather than commuting. 1 day a week requests are ok'd by supervisors, 2 by higher up, and 5 or more has to now go through a panel. If there's no significant impact on one's work, i don't see an issue.

Working from home, as catapulted into popularity via the pandemic, has changed how people see working methods. No putting the cat entirely back into a bag, or box, it's escaped from.

Rolling out of bed and into emails makes it easier to get shit going. Unfortunately, it can lead to attending to work after hours as well.

People who believe you can't be productive at home are idiots. I get less done at the office.

 

[Rightguide]

The Great Return: Companies Are Calling Their Workers Back to the Office as COVID-19 Fades​

Businesses are showing flexibility in bringing employees back to the office as they deal with an extraordinarily tight job market.


By Tim Smart
|
March 4, 2022, at 12:58 p.m.

Led by the giants of the financial services and technology industries, companies are calling their employees back to the office as the second anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic nears.

Citigroup, BNY Mellon, Google and Twitter are just some of the big names that have told employees to plan for working in their offices this month, with many offering hybrid options such as a couple of days in the office and a couple of days remote work.

“It’s been almost two years since we closed our offices and travel, and I’m excited to announce that we’re ready to fully open up business travel and all our offices around the world!” Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees on Wednesday. “Business travel is back effective immediately, and office openings will start on March 15.”

Agrawal added that the company would be flexible with schedules.
“So too, the decisions about where you work, whether you feel safe traveling for business, and what events you attend, should be yours,” he said.

https://www.usnews.com/news/economy...-workers-back-to-the-office-as-covid-19-fades

 

[butters]

Rolling out of bed and into emails makes it easier to get shit going. Unfortunately, it can lead to attending to work after hours as well.

People who believe you can't be productive at home are idiots. I get less done at the office.

this will be the case for enough who want to work at work to return/remain, and (of course) so many jobs can't be done over the computer so some people have no choice in the matter. I'm all for work/lifestyle balance. Makes a person do their job better and be better partners, parents, friends to boot.

there are those who can juggle it all at home, can compartmentalise enough to cope; having both the physical and emotional space to escape other demands is a great help, but there'll always be those who can multi-task their jobs and lives happily enough. I think i'd personally prefer a 4 days in, 3 days out work around if i were back in office work.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

The Great Return: Companies Are Calling Their Workers Back to the Office as COVID-19 Fades​

Businesses are showing flexibility in bringing employees back to the office as they deal with an extraordinarily tight job market.

Thank you President Biden!

 

[rockcasbah]

Work from home saves Employers money on everything.

How much will Wages go down for at home workers?

( they will go down, of course)

 

[ishtat]

A close relative manages about 460 people (in Finance) who all worked from home during Covid. About 75-80% were either as productive or more so. 20 to 25% were less productive, 15% severely so. The poorest performers from home were junior management/supervisors and front line sales staff. The most improved performers were the support staff of salesmen. Unsupervised women over 30 were more productive at home than unsupervised men. These are generalizations but were fairly consistent.

The weaker 25% performers were brought back first. There are some signs of improvement but the severely impaired performers are being released. The role of front line supervisors is being significantly changed with more emphasis on training rather than supervision. One senior role was axed promptly, the HR manager; she had failed to produce effective performance measurement criteria preferring a subjective judgement (non) methodology.

One interesting development is that clients adapted very quickly to the reduction of direct contact with sales staff, and seem to prefer to operate over the phone or by computer. The most encouraging feature of course is how well most people work with less supervision and thrive on self responsibility. Obviously a work in progress but it will be interesting to see how it develops.

 

[Chernosoth]

Commuters are feeling the squeeze of high gas prices and fragile high tech cars that cost fortunes in repairs or become undriveable because parts are unavailable.

 

[jaF0]

You're talking about white collar, administrative, clerical ... people that use computers and phones.

Kinda hard for blue collar workers, utility line crews, public safety, repair techs, road crews and the like to be able to work without going to an office or shop somewhere every day. Or retail, medical, etc..