Opinion | Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office.
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Office space is leasing at a discount, making this a good time for employers to give workers individual offices, complete with desks and doors that close.
  • tiredofsametab
    18•11 months ago

    I go to the office a few times a year, mostly for all-hands meetings that are often also parties. Any more than that, and I’m looking for a new job. Recently, the company mentioned something about making the office more enticing. That went over like a lead balloon. There are a lot of other companies in the same city with better pay for in-office and hybrid work, and many of us live 1.5+ hours away.

    • @ricecake@beehaw.org
      16•11 months ago

      I mean, if they want to make it more enticing, go for it. Just leave me the option to not be enticed.

      My workplace lets everyone work from home or an office as they see fit. Some people need different things to work best. Some people miss the face-to-face that they used to get in the office, so management put together monthly “we’re catering lunch, and teams are encouraged to plan whatever activities they think might work better in office for this day, but make sure it’s optional”.

      So once a month I go and get some free food, and we do some face to face planning which benefits a bit from being together, and last month the team hung out and chatted for a bit after work, which was nice.

      If management wants people in office, I’d much rather they try to make that happen by making being in office worth it, as opposed to telling people they have to or else. Carrot > stick.