The Four Horsemen of the Mandated Return to Office

How to reduce employee resistance

"Four Horsemen of Apocalypse" by Viktor Vasnetsov. Painted in 1887.
Mon, 01/30/2023 - 12:03

As increasing numbers of companies are requiring employees to return to the office for 3–5 days per week this fall, they’re running into the buzzsaw of what one of my clients calls the “Four Horsemen of the Required Return to Office”—challenges with resistance, attrition, quiet quitting, and diversity.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 03:15

"Death" is fairly obvious, and I suppose spending $20 for lunch in the office district instead of maybe $4 for lunch out of the fridge at home is close enough to "Famine". Not sure where "War" and "Conquest" fit in....

Submitted by Steve65 on Mon, 01/30/2023 - 05:38

I think maybe you should look more closely at the so-called "team building exercises".  I've yet to participate in one, or hear anyone who did participate in one, say they felt it achieved any positive payoffs.  It's one of those "sounds like it would help" things that doesn't, and sometimes makes things worse.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/30/2023 - 09:55

You quote a lot of statistics to back up some valid points and then you throw in your own opinions and present them as facts also, with no proof.

"It’s because Black professionals still suffer from discrimination and microaggressions in the office, and are less vulnerable to harassment in remote work."

Was this part of the survey? Are you just gaslighting? 

Fact based articles are fine and so are opinion-based articles, but when you try to blur the lines, that is an issue. 

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/30/2023 - 13:12

The concept of 8 hrs face time needs to end.

Paying more to come in to work and chat, gossip, visit, is not fair practice.

Pay people for what they accomplish, not how long it takes them, and not how long they are in a building.

Most people wanting to work from home are not invlolved with clicques, chat, or gossip, and just want to get their work done.

WFH is likely considerably more productive than office workers, not less.

And in fact, most surveys and stories have also confirmed this.

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