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"Dell had it all figured out. The venerable computer company wouldn’t force
people back into the office. Instead, it would just insist that all staffers
show up at the office for at least three days a week.
If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be laid off — they just wouldn’t be promoted.
(Unspoken was that this new policy would serve as a way of “thinning the
herd.”)
Given a choice between not getting promoted or continuing to work at home, half
of the employees have elected to stay home, thank you very much.
I’m sorry, Dell. This is 2024, not 2014. Now that people have gotten a taste of
working from home, they’re not going back to the office. You’d think that would
be clear by now — now just at Dell, but almost everywhere.
Why? Let me count the reasons:
1. No commute on crowded highways;
2. A better life/work balance;
3. Cost savings;
4. Flexibility to choose where to live (and work).
5. More control over your workplace.
I’ve been working from home for decades, which makes me something of an
exception compared to a lot of workers. But my experience holds for people who
got their work-from-home start during the Covid-19 pandemic."
Via Steven Vaughan-Nichols, who wrote "Company after company discovers they
can’t force their best workers back into the office hive. It’s time for
businesses to stop fighting the work-from-home change and embrace it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
