Do you think employers will assume that because they worked for blizzard previously that they went on strike? Damn you’re… unwell.
Reach farther, you’ll get there.
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We don’t know what the internal messaging was at Blizzard. I have a friend who took the chance to move to a cheaper area because his company kept messaging about how well WFH was going and how they’d been more productive than ever. They had stated they weren’t sure what the future plan would be but that they intended to fully take into account the positive WFH experience they’d had.
They’re transitioning back to 4 days a week in office.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in 15 years working as a scientist in pharma, it’s that regardless how specialized or deep-rooted your knowledge or talents may be, anyone can be replaced. The company will get by.
This becomes especially true if your knowledge base is on a “trendy” topic. One year you can demand the moon, the next year “naw that’s old hat, but what’s your experience doing X trendy thing now?”
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Yeah, every time I’ve changed positions, it came with an increase in pay. My last job was 65k. Then I was contracted with a recruiting agency to work for my current job. That was another pay increase. Then I was onboarded from contractor to full time with my current job and that was another pay increase.
i like South Park’s episode on that lol. Buncha lazy millennials making the rest of us look bad.
I worked from home along with about 20 other people for 10 years prior to the pandemic as part of a test and what typically happens most employees work well from home for the first few years and then gradually when they become more comfortable they start doing more and more of their household chores during work hours and are less productive in their jobs.
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They don’t have to no. Blizzard has like 15 office buildings or more. If people are labeled as full time remote, or even majority remote, they don’t all need to have dedicated desks at the office. The building leases could be cut back dramatically. This will also lead to cutbacks in janitorial staff, upkeep costs, costs for things like stocking coffee, utility costs…
The equipment they’re providing either way and only doubles up if someone is fully hybrid and needs a dedicated work setup on-site.
As far as benefits like a starbucks or cafeteria, assuming there are enough people to justify it still existing, there’s still a large difference in product cost. It’s simply cheaper to feed 1000 people than it is to feed 2000.
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And what’s horrible about that?
Can you imagine what it would be like if these empty office spaces were converted into living quarters for people?
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I’ve read a few of the studies of work-at-home productivity. It seems they rely on the employee assessments on whether they’re getting more done. These studies don’t seem to have a corresponding set of data from management which confirms this assessment which makes them suspect imo. It’s my perception that this inability of middle management to determine employee productivity is a key element of the push for RTO.
A lot of cities are trying that. Turns out, it’s often extraordinarily expensive to retrofit buildings, and sometimes impossible. The economics are not great.
My aim was to point out that there was some level of mixed messaging. The company said they wanted to decide based on how well covid wfh went. Throughout covid wfh they talked about how much better it was than before. Then made a decision that clearly doesn’t align with that messaging.
Ultimately there’s nothing wrong with a company deciding to be full time on-site. But there’s also nothing wrong with an employee deciding that doesn’t work for them. There are plenty of jobs that can be done with no loss of productivity while off-site.
Naturally. However, I feel the benefit would far outweigh the initial (and I use the term loosely as it will obviously take years).
Company with an in-office social culture and predatory management so bad it gets them sued by the State of California can’t understand why employees don’t wish to return to the scene of the crime…
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LOL you office type workers make me laugh…if you think office areas are loud and distracting…you should try being a Aviation sheetmetal worker building Military Jets for a living as I did …
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Its up to the company to make a person stick around longer. If a company is unwilling to be loyal to their employees, why should the employees be loyal to the company?
Nothing about this statement is based in reality.
…you dont actually get out much do you?
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Upper management better be ready to lower their revenue forecasts for the year, for starters. People are way more productive working remotely (all the data shows it) so if upper management insists on ending that productivity bonanza for no reason… well, they’d better bring down their sales targets as a result.
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We’re on it!
It’s crazy. I used to work in an office. I have about a dozen friends that still do. Every single one loves work from home. Every single one plays video games the entire time.
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If they’re doing 40% more work and the company’s making 40% more money, who cares?
That’s the reality. Productivity, shipments, and revenues are up by massive double digits for many firms, thanks to remote work.
The notion that companies should throw all that away because people are being more productive with their time… it’s crazy.
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