The Big ‘Return To Office’ Is Still Dividing Bosses and Employees
Are you team WFH (work from home) or team back to office?
The answer might depend on whether you’re a senior manager or a regular member of staff.
The majority of workers in a survey said they would prefer working from home either full-time or on a hybrid basis where they come into the office on some days.
Managers, however, would prefer employees to be back at their desks.
Research by YouGov for the BBC found that 70% of 1,684 people surveyed predicted that workers would “never return to offices at the same rate”.
But senior leaders surveyed said that workers staying at home would negatively impact creativity and collaboration (even if only 38% of ordinary workers said the same).
Whether you see eye-to-eye with your manager on the return to office might depend on where you work though.
Leaders at big firms such as Apple and investment bank Goldman Sachs have rejected proposals for flexible working, with the latter even calling WFH an “aberration”, saying home work doesn’t “suit the culture” of Goldman Sachs.
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