“Many companies are realizing they could have been a lot more measured in their approach, rather than making big, bold, very controversial decisions based on executives’ opinions rather than employee data,”

Same as it ever was. They're sad that people are telling them they're the dumbfucks they are, but it won't change how the operate. Period.

They like having little feifdoms where they have complete control, and the only reason they're upset with the Return-to-Office foibles is because they didn't realize they didn't actually own their employees, and their employees are totally able to fuck off to greener pastures. It's not about the employees, as usual. It's about losing employees who didn't put up with their bullying antics for the first time in fifty fucking years. They don't like it when people have options and can't be under their thumb. That's why these chucklefucks have sad faces.

Fucking sociopaths, every one.

A whopping 80% of bosses regret their initial return-to-office decisions and say they would have approached their plans differently if they had a better understanding of what their employees wanted, according to new research from Envoy.

See, it's never their fault. Look how they're trying to deflect it back to the employees. I would say employees definitely made their wishes known in regards to returning to work. These bosses and executives can fuck off.

and say they would have approached their plans differently if they had a better understanding of what their employees wanted...

😂😂😂😂 Yeah, because they really care about what employees wanted. /s

More like productivity went up when people WFH, and having them back in the office dropped productivity back to where they were before the pandemic.

Lower productivity means lower profits. These bosses suck at their job 😂

Read as: selfish executives forced return to work and now are realizing that some other companies aren't and those companies are the ones getting all of the productive talent..

These are the questions Media won't ask or talk about

1. Is RTO office necessary? Is there data to support forcing employees into office?
2. What do employees want?

Every other article is either around painting WFH as bad or about how to make sure RTO succeed.

Billionaires...

• don't live next to normal people
• don't work next to normal people
• don't commute/travel next to normal people
• don't eat next to normal people
• don't shop next to normal people
• don't sweat next to normal people

They could not be further removed from the reality of their kingdoms below, unless they were on Mars.

Its time for CEOs to return to the position of listening to the actual value producers instead of whatever hairbrained scheme these idiots come up with.

These guys are legit destroying our economy and their own companies.

Just give them a child care. What could it cost? $800 a year?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Throw these fuckers into a damn wood chipper so we can be free of this shit.

the average manager/boss is so inculcated with "job creator" brain worms in the US, they believe they, as benevolent nobles, are the ones generating value in the organization while their underlings extract value as salary/wages. it leads to shit like this where bosses are baffled they can't actually get everything they want by snapping their fingers, even though they control the immediate material access to housing, healthcare, etc.

as it turns out, workers are the critical resource because they make it all go. the execs are the ones extracting massive value as salary/benefits or stock manipulation, while realistically only going to meetings to strategize ways to get more value out of workers without sharing any increases. workers are paying managers to boss them around all day and act important.

Even six months ago, companies were willing to eat these costs in a tight labor market to recruit and retain talent. But now, "Some companies are getting impatient, and want to recoup these large investments," Kacher explains.

In New York City, office space costs, on average, about $16,000 a year per employee, the New York Times reports.

But, and here's my big issue with that, that $16,000 a year per employee is the same cost whether the employee is there or not. You're not saving money by demanding the employee occupy your already-leased dead space in the daytime. You're not even preventing the loss of money. It's the same cost (minus a bit for heating etc) whether a given employee is at the office, at home, commuting, sleeping, or attending an interview at a job where people know this.

Suggesting the location of someone's ass is somehow related to rent you already have to pay ... is just stupid.

cat's out of the bag now guys! can't boil this frog anymore you already scared it

Doubt they actually do