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π Did you know that nearly half of workers could quit if forced to return to the office? A recent survey found that office environments caused stress and anxiety, and commuting was expensive. π±
π How do you feel about this? Would you consider quitting your job if you were asked to go back to the office full-time?
ππΌ Here are some possible solutions to this dilemma:
– Flexible work arrangements to allow for a combination of remote and office work
– Implementing remote work policies to alleviate stress and anxiety
– Providing financial incentives or assistance for commuting costs
Let’s discuss! Share your thoughts and possible solutions in the comments below. Let’s help each other find a balance between work and well-being. π #WorkLifeBalance #EmployerSolutions
you will hybrid work and you will be happy
Expensive, heck yeah. Every time I go into the office I’m out at least $15 for parking, even aside from gas and whatever I spend on food and beverage. It adds up. To rub salt in the wound, my team is made up of people living all over the country (and one coworker outside of the country), so I get essentially no benefit from going in — I end up spending half the day in privacy booths so I can take remote meetings. Some days I literally don’t talk to a single other person face-to-face. Yay in-person networking.
And they want me to do this shit three days a week! Completely senseless. At least they’re not particularly strict about it … yet.
When they first instituted the policy they wanted people to travel to the nearest office, if they live within driving distance of one. This would require some people on my team to work out of an office where they don’t know anyone, don’t work with anyone, and may not even technically be the same company. Utterly stupid.
Being able to poop at home, on your own toilet, whenever you want is priceless. Youβd have to triple my salary to take that benefit away from me
Funny, was at work re-union recently and most people were saying that they’re happy to be working hybrid or would prefer a role.
Stories like this are great and all, and hopefully make some decision makers rethink their return-to-office plans, but … no way 40% of office workers will just up and quit their jobs. And there’s not a bunch of unstaffed remote jobs waiting for people to apply for them. I certainly can’t afford to quit. Sure I can look, and apply to the few roles still advertised as remote, and maybe some hybrid ones in the hope of negotiating primarily remote. And, though a rarity, I actually like my current job and current company and what they do, so that’s a consideration as well.
I seriously doubt its that high in reality. A lot of people would say they would because they don’t want to go back, but in reality they probably wouldn’t quit unless they manage to find another remote work job that pays just as much. Most people don’t have the financial means to comfortably leave a job without another one lined up.