Return to office

[POWERMAN]

... they're increasing days in office to 3 from the current 2.

Wasnt there something about RBC mandating a 4 day RTO week starting May 1st?

RBC tells employees to return to the office three or four days a week

In a memo, the bank says employees will have the option of working from home one or two days a week, depending on operational needs

www.theglobeandmail.com

I suspect most other companies are waiting to see how it turns out for RBC before mandating the same.

 

[woot]

We closed our Toronto Office and soon will be closing our Vancouver Office yet we have tripled our workforce in the last 3 years.

Before covid 65 employees, today 212 !!

You can employ allot more people working remotely than in expensive office space.

So does your company have 326% more output from it's workforce or do you need 212 people to perform the work of 65? My guess is somewhere in the middle. I've never heard of a company whose goal is to employ as many people as possible.

 

[GreyGhost]

. I've never heard of a company whose goal is to employ as many people as possible.

Does government count as a company? That seems to be their primary goal.

 

[mimico_polak]

Wasnt there something about RBC mandating a 4 day RTO week starting May 1st?

RBC tells employees to return to the office three or four days a week

In a memo, the bank says employees will have the option of working from home one or two days a week, depending on operational needs

www.theglobeandmail.com

I suspect most other companies are waiting to see how it turns out for RBC before mandating the same.

This is exactly what will happen. Workers are jumping ship to more WFH friendly companies but I personally feel as the big boys start calling back to the office, the WFH will be less and less available to people and options will dry up.

While I don’t like the office and love my WFH…we did it before and the old school thinking will rule and bring it back for the vast majority unless someone is VERY special.

Newsflash…most of us are NOT all that special and are very easily replaced by a worker happy to go in and take your place.

 

[GreyGhost]

This is exactly what will happen. Workers are jumping ship to more WFH friendly companies but I personally feel as the big boys start calling back to the office, the WFH will be less and less available to people and options will dry up.

While I don’t like the office and love my WFH…we did it before and the old school thinking will rule and bring it back for the vast majority unless someone is VERY special.

Newsflash…most of us are NOT all that special and are very easily replaced by a worker happy to go in and take your place.

I havent seen many companies pull the financial trigger yet. If you used to work in office and now save time/money on commute and/or live somewhere cheaper there is court precident that reduced compensation is legal and reasonable. If they start giving you the option of return to office or take a 20% pay cut, many will return. Now, that leaves the complication of covid hires unless the contract was really well done. If you signed up as wth, requesting a similar 20% pay bump to work at office seems reasonable and supportable.

 

[raginduck]

So does your company have 326% more output from it's workforce or do you need 212 people to perform the work of 65? My guess is somewhere in the middle. I've never heard of a company whose goal is to employ as many people as possible.

Staffing agencies

 

[justride]

just hearsay. The pressure for workers to return back to office is coming from business that rely on commuters as their main source of revenue.
Businesses in Toronto underground path are the ones pushing the local government to have city employees return back to the office. Also reflected on the provincial and federal level. Similar for business that have close ties to government.
Any use Toronto's underground path, what was it like before and after?

 

[jc100]

Wife is a programmer. People are changing jobs all over to ones that accept work from home as the normal state of affairs. Hers is now normalized as wfh. Any company in this field insisting on work from office is seeing people leave.

Edit: also why our real estate situation in Kingston went crazy as we had a ton of Toronto folk move here buying up stuff left right and centre as new work from home employees.

 

[crankcall]

It’s been messy at our office , half don’t want to be there, half like it . We are pretty flexible on hours and if you need time off , well whatever. We have very low turn over .
Because we have been so flexible over the years and it’s a ‘family’ style business, people are more vocal about thinking they can stay home . Nope .


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[fzrcraig]

As long as they deliver whatever is expected from them - who cares.

The employees in the company for whom working from home is not an option.

 

[Maniac]

The employees in the company for whom working from home is not an option.

What?

 

[Evoex]

What?

Employees at the same company who have to work in the office at the company would care.

 

[mimico_polak]

Keep your cameras off folks…

Facebook

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[Maniac]

Employees at the same company who have to work in the office at the company would care.

Makes zero sense.

 

[fzrcraig]

If your company makes or sells an actual product, those that perform that function in a factory or warehouse. Why is this so difficult to understand?

 

[shanekingsley]

I love this.
"Can you stay late to attend this meeting?"
"Sorry I'm going riding."

 

[sburns]

If your company makes or sells an actual product, those that perform that function in a factory or warehouse. Why is this so difficult to understand?

What you mean physical labour, that's still a thing and people do that still! I think a millennial head just exploded.

 

[jc100]

I used to work with medics. They used to delight in setting meetings at 7.30 am or 9pm or other stupid times as a show of “look how busy we are and how hard we work”. I used to delight in declining the meeting invitation on the grounds of ….no, **** off, pick a sensible time or learn to manage your time properly.

Right now my employer (and many others) is finally realizing that work/life balance is important. The number of ridiculous requests that impose on personal time is declining.

 

[ifiddles]

The biggest drawback of going back to the office is getting sick...I'm on my third round this year alone...had 3 kids sick and come to school because parents have to work, so now I get to spend my long weekend in bed and don't get to see any family...oh joy...

 

[Mad Mike]

if you got me back in the office to the same conditions i had pre-covid, i wouldnt care much. they actually made us do this type of setup for 3-4 months in 2017, screen on a the table, we were bumping elbows, it was temporary and they knew it was $hit conditions.
but for some reason, now it's okay?!
i mean my company makes over 10 billion in net income every year, if you cant get me some cubicle, let me stay at the home desk i had to happily set up on my own dime.

You sound like a banker.