On: Executives and Research Disagree About Hybrid Work...

[lopkeny12ko]

Exactly, and it's been proven time and time again that such in-person collaboration leads to improved job satisfaction, retention, and overall employee happiness.

[mitthrowaway2 → lopkeny12ko]

But they're being thrown into an office to still spend their time on video calls with teams spread out across the country?

[goostavos → mitthrowaway2]

My entire team is in another time zone. And like many, I don't even have an assigned desk at the office. So, my RTO is commuting in, booking an empty conference room, and then dialing in to meetings with people on the other side of the country.

[zaphar → lopkeny12ko]

According to studies, thing $X leads to improved job satisfaction, retention, and overall employee happiness. According to studies, thing $Y which is the exact opposite of thing $X leads to improved job satisfaction, retention, and overall employee happiness.

Maybe those studies aren't saying what people think they are saying?

[otikik → lopkeny12ko]

By what studies?

[Mountain_Skies → otikik]

Ones funded by the Extrovert Realtors Association in cooperation with the League of Municipal Tax Collectors and Parking Deck Guild.

[LaGrange → otikik]

Studies by the department of Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Head About It and the University of Imadeitup.

[hooverd → lopkeny12ko]

Is the Amazon meat grinder the paradigm of that? I like in person collaboration despite working remotely, but I don't think forcing everyone back is the right call. Maybe people forget the opposite; scolding emails about how their should be butts in seats at 7 pm when the pizzaman cometh.