Study finds 1/4 of bosses hoped RTO would make staff quit
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Worker happiness hits an all-time low

HR software biz BambooHR surveyed more than 1,500 employees, a third of whom work in HR. The findings suggest the return to office movement has been a poorly-executed failure, but one particular figure stands out - a quarter of executives and a fifth of HR professionals hoped RTO mandates would result in staff leaving.

According to the report, most employees working remotely and in-person both feel the need to demonstrate productivity, which for more than a third of employees means being seen socializing and moving around the office. That intense need to be visible may actually be harming productivity, study author and BambooHR’s own head of HR Anita Grantham concluded in her findings.

A full 42 percent of employees who responded to the Bamboo survey said they show up solely to be seen by bosses and managers. If bosses think their presence in the office is making any difference to the amount of work getting done, the results indicate that’s not the case.

  • @[email protected]
    110•6 months ago

    It’s a valid point.

    Most practical examples of out-sourcing has however failed to show any worthwhile savings, while working from home has shown remarkable increases in productivity.

    • @SlopppyEngineer
      32•6 months ago

      Other time zones and that makes communication difficult, so no quick IM with “by the end of the day” as that means something different over there. Different culture and way of doing things, so have to spend a lot more effort in communication being very clear. Even then they’re far away where it’s a lot easier to hide stuff until the hole is very deep. Travel expenses going up very quickly for a little training for a new guy. It can be so fun to work with teams in a different continent.

      • @[email protected]
        9•6 months ago

        Besides that, you also get what you paid for.

        Hiring someone in India means that the person is gonna give you as much dedication as their wage will allow. If they produced top of the line stuff they would want close to top of the line compensation.

    • @InternetCitizen2
      5•6 months ago

      Is it valid? If they could outsource they already would have. They already have with heavy industry.

    • @[email protected]
      5•6 months ago

      Perhaps true with office work (so many tales of people saying they got shit code from overseas developers) and such, but I think the savings were very real for manufacturing, at least for a period of time. Happy to be corrected if that’s wrong.