Being forced back into the office is pissing off employees…who knew?
Employees say “NO!” to the office
Employee attrition: the gradual reduction in employee numbers. Employee attrition happens when the size of your workforce diminishes over time. This means that employees are leaving faster than they are hired. Employee attrition happens when employees retire, resign, or simply aren’t replaced.
Who knew that people weren’t all that excited about returning to work at Petri dish with cubicles? Who knew that people would rather see their children and significant others a little more than a few hours before and after a long shift? Who knew that people of color would rather work from home than deal with office politics and micro aggressions from their coworkers? Who knew that people would rather not share a space with self centered individuals who had to be forced to half-assedly wear a mask to prevent the spread a highly communicable disease that’s already claimed the lives of 1 million Americans? Who knew that people would rather work from home instead of having Bob or Karen peep at you over the top of their cubical just to drone on and on about the latest batshit crazy conspiracy theory they got from Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Parlor, GETTR or Gab?Yeah, I’m still pissed off. Can you tell?
Anyway, I can attest to these feelings. After going through a 2 1/2 year pandemic and managing to remain Covid free, going back to the office does not excite me in the least.
And don’t even bother asking me to the company picnic because I won’t be there.
So let’s list all the things I’ve managed to miss out on
- Yearly colds and flus
- Incessant gossip and chatter,
- Superficial Office dynamics
- Employee Uncertainty
- Social Anxiety
Yeah, I’m good with that
And then you wake up one day and realize that not only do you have nothing in common with the people you work with, you don’t wish to subjected to the endless meaningless small talk that passes the hours.
The office politics of who gets to stand out and be noticed by management for a promotion.
The ridiculous meetings that could have easily been an email.
The meaningless The superficiality of it all makes coming into work exhausting.
You’re angry and tired as soon as you punch in.
If this is you, you are not alone.
According to Greenhouse Candidate Experience, SHED(Survey of Household Economics and Decision making), and Unispace reports, employees who work from home a few days a week greatly treasure this arrangement.
They ranked employees priorities as follows.
- Increased compensation (48%)
- Greater job security (34%)
- Career advancement opportunities (32%)
- Better flexible work policies (28%)
- A more positive company culture (27%)
Why would I want to return to work in an office of a company that could lay me off tomorrow?
Why would I want to return to the office where I’m just another cog in their machine that’s hardly valued?
Imagine being able to bypass all the workplace drama by working from home.
Imagine having the flexibility in your work schedule to be able to attend to emergencies or children?
Imagine having the choice of coming into the office or work from home?
Sounds like a fairytale dream, doesn’t it?
Additional results:
https://fortune.com › 2023/08/01 › research-damaging-r…
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