CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
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#2"There is simply no way that true collective creativity can be consistently generated in not-so-splendid isolation.”
"I think every successful CEO, including myself, is tired of all the whining"
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#3Soon: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks struggle with understaffing, inability to attract workers
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#4https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/11/apple-and-meta-dropped-off-g...
After several delays due to Covid, Apple hammered down on their return to office plans, requiring employees to be in the office three days a week effective Sept. 5, 2022.
Re: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
#5I don't know about Starbucks, but there's plenty of resentment among manufacturing workers that their white-collar counterparts get to sit at home
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#6Soon: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks struggle with understaffing, inability to attract workers
That depends on the unemployment rate of white collar workers.
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#7Soon: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks struggle with understaffing, inability to attract workers
I know, right? I thought COVID proved definitively that remote work is not just possible but equal to in-office work. I really want to understand the counterarguments, but all I see is oblique assertions like "true creativity requires body language." I'm keeping an open mind, and I acknowledge that in-person chat features much higher comm bandwidth than video chat, but I'd like to see a well-reasoned explanation of what exactly a business loses by allowing its employees the freedom to manage their time and workstation setup.
Re: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
#8I don't know about Starbucks, but there's plenty of resentment among manufacturing workers that their white-collar counterparts get to sit at home
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Re: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
#9Soon: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks struggle with understaffing, inability to attract workers
I know, right? I thought COVID proved definitively that remote work is not just possible but equal to in-office work. I really want to understand the counterarguments, but all I see is oblique assertions like "true creativity requires body language." I'm keeping an open mind, and I acknowledge that in-person chat features much higher comm bandwidth than video chat, but I'd like to see a well-reasoned explanation of w…
I've been working from home since March of 2020. I mostly like it, but I would be willing to go in to an office for team meetings now and then. After almost three years, I have definitely come to see and desire some in-person interactions. But for CEOs to just demand that people be in the office for some arbitrary number of days per week on a vague assertion stinks. It also assumes that everyone's personality and working style matches the CEOs idea of employee productivity.
Re: CEOs at Disney and Starbucks demand that workers start returning to the office
#10I don't know about Starbucks, but there's plenty of resentment among manufacturing workers that their white-collar counterparts get to sit at home
Is this meant to be an argument against remote work? If so, it's a strange one.
Some working conditions are better than others. Some jobs are better than others. Some jobs pay more than others, often a lot more. Should everyone who makes more money than manufacturing workers take a pay cut? Alternatively, should everyone who makes less money than manufacturing workers get a pay raise?
Inequality is a fact of capitalism. I'm not saying whether capitalism is good or bad, but if you have any resentment, it ought to be against the system in which inequality is inherent. Anyway, given this system, I see nothing wrong with workers seeking the best working conditions possible for themselves.