My company (global one) mandated us from fully remote to back to the office two times a week. The company is going fine, good profitability, good last few quarters, good growth.
I am trying to rationalize why they are doing this and risking losing good talent.
- Do they really think it will improve productivity?
- Do they have contractual commitments keeping physical offices? Like towards government or local government, maybe to generate revenue from people going to work and spending their money downtown?
- They can't accept the fact that we may be getting our job done in fewer hours, and be sitting on our asses for the rest of the day?
I too believe it's mostly about control, but it cannot only be this. What else is it then?