At my job, my manager recently had a couple employees quit within a few weeks of each other. Since then, she’s lamented the fact that she’s having a hard time finding any job applicants who are in the area and willing to commute. However, she’s been finding a lot of remote applicants.
This is a sentiment I’ve heard from other supervisors and executives out there as well. My manager also laments that the office has become a ghost town due to downsizing and other departments working from home full time.
Gee, I dunno guys. Maybe it’s just that the pandemic lockdown exposed how pointless it is to come into an office every day when they have the tools to work at home full time more productively? Never mind when winter comes around and people are getting each other sick in the office all the time.
Look, I get that not EVERYONE can work from home. Some people have bad WiFi, too many home distractions, etc. However, for those who can do it and they get their work done, I don’t see why they shouldn’t?
Rhetorical question of course. I know that the main reason they insist on coming in is because they need to justify them paying for the office space, let’s be real.