One-Fourth of New Jersey Workers Never Going Back to the Office: FDU Poll

[Amishman]

4. It's not difficult for a competent manager

Trust your people to get their work done, keep expectations challenging but achievable, and be in touch frequently to check in and also so the manager can remove obstacles.

If a manager can't tell if an employee is being productive or can't bring themselves to take corrective action with those that aren't, they probably shouldn't be a manager.

Remote work works. Employers simply are not believable when they tell a workforce that employees need come back in the office, when those employees successfully worked remotely during the pandemic.

Shitty micro managers want their control back to justify their existence, or to make up for their own inadequacies.

Sherman A1 is right about the pushback. My employer mandated everyone who had been remote now has to be in the office at least 50% of the time, citing preservation of 'company culture'. IT department revolted, and a number of people threatened to give notice or actually did. IT management made an announcement that they would not be dictating schedules or tracking what days each person is in the office - effectively nullifying the policy.