White House asks Cabinet agencies to 'aggressively execute' return to in-person work

[MichMan]

32. I'm specifically referring to jobs where the blue collar workers have to be there in person

Pretty hard to manufacture widgets in your living room. I worked in small to medium size manufacturing plants for the vast majority of my career. The only way there is any revenue at all is when customers buy our widgets. Therefore, the only employees that make the company revenues are those directly involved in manufacturing them. Everyone else is overhead and by definition, necessary, but non productive.

Departments like HR, Customer Service, Payroll, Accounting Quality and others are there to support manufacturing. It is demoralizing for people that are required to show up to work to run machines to have to place calls and leave voice mails just to find out what their vacation days left are, and why their check didn't seem right instead of just walking in and asking someone. Considering that for years, those same jobs did require people to work in person, and the vast majority hired in knowing that was expected and once did so willingly.

Of course, there are always some people that think their office job makes them elite and superior to people that they think are below them and not worth of their respect. The funny thing is that those same people often complain about how much is costs to hire someone to repair their vehicle, install a new air conditioner/furnace, or provide electrical or plumbing repairs.