Forced back to the office?

If your employer demanded your return to the office...

  • I'd go back to the office

    Votes: 185 50.1%

  • I'd resign

    Votes: 71 19.2%

  • I cannot speculate

    Votes: 46 12.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 67 18.2%
  • Total voters
    369
ShaunSA said:
It's an individuals choice if you're paying your own salary. Until then it's your companies choice.
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It's a choice to work for that company too and there are many companies out there (job type dependent).

Don't get me wrong, not everyone is well positioned, but for those who are, we get to choose who we want to work for.
 
The_Ogre said:
I doubt that's what he's saying (resigning and finding another job).

I think I can speak for most of us when I say that the average member on here cannot afford to first resign or just say voetsek to their manager, sit at home for 6 months and only then looking for another job.

If they told me to go back to the office, I won't protest. I would go back and immediately start looking for another job.

A lot of us on here have absolutely no reason to go sit at an office. My average day involved me getting to the office, making coffee, reading my mails and then starting to work. My office colleagues just annoyed the crap out of me with all that chit-chat and my colleague who sat next to me being on the phone all day.

Not to mention my manager coming to micromanage me by pulling a chair next to me and asking me to explain things to him.

Another wastage of time was all those unnecessary meetings. Sitting for two hours in a meeting and you can't concentrate on your work because of the talking. Now with Teams I put the volume on 10% just so I caan hear if someone mentions my name.
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Ja look I agree. I'm just not sure how to realistically deal with a company that wants you back at work. Smaller company it's easier to have a conversation with your boss and come to an agreement, larger corporate they don't really care about different rules for different people.
 
r4nd0m said:
It's a choice to work for that company too and there are many companies out there (job type dependent).

Don't get me wrong, not everyone is well positioned, but for those who are, we get to choose who we want to work for.
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Too many companies who've now gone bang or who are in trouble with the economy, I wouldn't rely on that thinking anymore.
 
Problem is I'm 55 miles from my "base" office, and a 3.5 hour train ride from where I do most of my work... so there's that.
 
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e4et said:
Grateful for the roof over my head and that I can get up and go to work everyday.
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It's good to be humble and grateful, won't argue with you there.

Just remember to be fair while you're at it (for both parties). Don't get shafted or taken advantage of and always take pride in delivering stellar work.
 
Other: Our company is open to employees working remotely, and I have an official letter granting me permission to do so. There are also some aspects of the job where I require

My cousin works for a large multinational energy company, and they've started hotdesking. So he still prefers working remotely.
 
I would go back. If I did, I would start my day much earlier than I used to. I can flexible time and would certainly do that to make sure I am home a little earlier.
 
*SynergyX* said:
its going to be the perfect opportunity for companies to poach top talent.... watch this space
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already happening, among the usual LinkedIn recruiter spam I've been sent lately at least two were explicitly dangling the "full remote" and "US dollar salary" carrots

I suspect local talent is about to become expensive ...
 
cobusv said:
i would return to the office, be nice for a change
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I've spent 25 years working in offices. I'd have to work from home for a very long time before going back to working in an office every day would qualify as a change.
 
A lot of it is driven by pigheadedly clinging to what was done before. We're talking about companies increasing their costs and damaging productivity just so they can see everyone at a desk everyday.

LCBXX said:
Exactly!

Forcing employees to return to work is not the same as forcing anyone to get Covid vaccinated.
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We never stopped working. This has nothing to do with returning to work for all the people who have been working remotely for two years.
 
Considering that my office is in CT and I am in JHB; that's a hard no from me. Made it explicitly clear when they hired me that I am to be hired as a remote developer for as long as I am employed by them or until I move to CT (Which is not happening)

So yeah, if they force me to go; it'll mean I just find another job the offers full WFH.

I haven't been to an office to go work; since March 2020 and I intend to keep it that way for the foreseeable future.
 
Most companies had everyone in an office because they thought that was necessary to get work done. What has changed is that the last two years proved that isn't true. People have also become aware of just how dysfunctional the typical office is along with the time wasted on commuting.
 
I honestly think most normal companies will end up with some hybrid approach where you are in the office 2 or 3 days a week (I'd prefer 2 for tax reasons)...
 
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