Kevin BeaumontGartner did a study on return to the office mandates and found they didn’t work. They aren’t the first study on this, but business leaders keep ignoring the data.
Nahuel Lofeudo@GossiTheDog They *do* work for what they want to achieve (to make people quit).
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🦬@nahuellofeudo @GossiTheDog and also to justify all those leases they are locked into/property they own.
JP@nahuellofeudo @GossiTheDog indications from some other data are that they don’t even work very well for that
FennixIt's funny how quickly they post about the magic quadrant results, in spite of this.
mhoye@GossiTheDog They're working exactly as intended: the felt experience of power over other people, plus layoffs.
The idea that there's a connection between productivity and shareholder value only holds in places that aren't mostly made of bullshit jobs, and I think it's generally underappreciated that the real utility of bullshit work is to disconnect labor from productivity enough to nerf the credibility of labor as an organizing force.
StevenSavage (he/him)@GossiTheDog the place I work does 3-4 days wfh for a lot of people. Honestly the positive effect is palpable.
JJ@GossiTheDog Work from home was the biggest positive shift in labor rights in my lifetime. It's like trying to take back the weekend. People will just leave.
Dianora (Diane Bruce)@guitarfosec @GossiTheDog I saw a recent article claiming some companies were simply forcing this to lay off people without having to pay out layoff pay...
FWIW I worked for a certain computer company years ago from home. Loved being able to shop when the crowds were less!
FWIW I worked for a certain computer company years ago from home. Loved being able to shop when the crowds were less!
@GossiTheDog Sometimes I wonder if ignoring the data is a requirement of being a business leader based on how often it happens. They seem to live in a completely different world than the rest of us.
*sigh*Ber nard@GossiTheDog Or an effective strategy if you want to reduce your workforce (and don't mind that the talent will leave first)...
Josh@GossiTheDog I don’t understand. We increased the pizza frequency. Try it again and this time provide more coffee options?
Takoyaki@GossiTheDog I thought the whole point was to have people quit so they don't have to pay severance?
EVHaste@GossiTheDog Interesting that even Gartner would find this. I would have expected them to produce whatever execs wanted to hear.
Mad Alex@GossiTheDog Gartner is just used to legitimise a course of action they already have pencilled in, and to be able to blame somebody else if that course of action fails. The fact that the management chose to listen to Gartner will conveniently be forgotten regardless of the outcome.