Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.

Office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds::Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.

  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    58·
    10 months ago

    Companies likely lose money with more workers in the office. More electricity, more water, more supplies. More unhappy employees, more tired employees, more good employees looking elsewhere for WFH jobs.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      10 months ago

      Probably sunk cost fallacy with the lease. Building is paid for, why not use it and also be better able to micromanage your drones?

    • Tak@lemmy.mlEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      But management makes all the decisions and having everyone physically accessible to their need for control makes them feel better.

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      It’s also to do with the fact that most research looks at company profit. But if you follow the paper trails, most of the high level managers that insist on return to office are investors on commercial real state ventures and/or funds that invest in these downtowns and office spaces. It’s bad for the company, but it’s good for their personal wallets. The authoritarian high is a plus.