Returning To Offices Is Foolish Says Staffing Platform CEO | Forbes 

Worked remotely for a global corporation for years receiving accolades, raises, bonuses, etc. New ‘try-hard’ manager insisted that we come in even though he was remote from a different city. The utter filth of hoteling cube life, the lax in building housekeeping, and sharing a toilet with hundreds of strangers every day is disgusting. Not to mention the 2-hour commute to sit next to that guy who swears he could kill everyone in there one day.

Basically office jobs can be accomplished from home. People managers in offices can then be eliminated.

Remote work is where it’s at. The office, in the traditional sense, is dead. And thank goodness for that.

I timed myself when it comes to going into the office. I get on the express bus from my park and ride at 8:00am just to catch the 8:15am bus, get to the office at 8:45am (45 min lost in the morning). Then I catch the 4:15pm bus (signed off 20 min early) so I won’t miss my bus since next one comes in an hour. Got home 4:45pm, that’s another 55 min in commute. So almost two hours lost when I could be attending to my loans!

Returning to the office is causing more carbon emissions and pollution. It's a waste of both time and energy. People should not have to return to the office as usual. I'm shocked that Corona virus didn't teach at least something! The new normal only applies to what? Only things associated with misery and regression. I thought work from home and conservation was a big step forward.

A lot of managers don't wanna lose their jobs if people went remote.

I noticed that when people work remote they put in way more hours than they need to. Its common to see my fellow workers working at 9-11pm , the flexibility is great

THIS IS A GUY I WOULD WORK FOR!

my company wants to bring us back to the office later this year. i need four screens to juggle the work i have to do, but we're being told that the company can only provide us with two in the office. so that will make my job harder and my production will drop.

My company needs to hear this. The landscape is changing. Change with it or be left behind

Thank god there are people who actually understand this…

Working from home saves most folks hours in their day from having to commute. Not only this, but the savings in wear-n-tear, gasoline expenses, and opportunity costs are a huge reason why we shouldnt return to the old 40 hour work week (ie 60 hour work week with time commuting) . We have a real opportunity here to better our lives and our work-life balance that companies claim they are so concerned about. And we have a great opportunity to fix some of the causes of climate change by drastically reducing the fuel consumption of having so many folks drive to/from work everyday! The corporate real estate lobby and proponents of the 20th Century economic model would have us believe that working from the office is better - is best. I call BS. There is yet another angle to this that should be considered: Businesses could save tons of money by reducing their rent and PPE expenses if they embraced the work from home model instead. There will be growing pains, but it will be a better world if we can make this adjustment to our work lives. Cities cannot / should not continue to grow like they have in the past; we need more green space, fewer people on the roads, more time for life, and better air quality/water quality. All this will be a result of us adjusting to working from home more often.

Makes sense. Less traffic and better living. NYC should be 50/50

And then there's the oil companies. On April 20, 2020, the price of oil closed at $-37/barrel -- it went to zero and kept going! (Yes, that was when it really happened. Look it up.) Everyone who could work from home was, and the result was a catastrophic drop in demand for gas. They want people to commute and, therefore, buy more gas. So they've also got a stake in getting people back to the office.

This revolves around real-estate and driving more sales- gas, clothes, food, car maintenance ect.... master requiring their workers to travel buy and spend.

There is no need to go to the office technology has made it possible to work from home I like working from home I find I get more work down don’t have to make small talk with people I don’t like I can see my kids when they come home from school. I have time to go to the gym. Best of all I am saving more no more commuting and spending so much money on gas. They want you back because has companies want people to buy gas from them it’s all a consumer strathity saving more money I don’t need to buy so many office clothes. No thanks I am more happier at home. People are like then how do you talk to people if you don’t go to work you aren’t supposed to hang out with office coworkers they are only co workers. People have friends out side the office at least I think people still have friends. I don’t want to see my colleagues more then I need to. Remove management there’s no. Need for them.

Our ceo is mandating returning to office a few days a week? Why? Is this legal? They are even checking our key cards.

Who it the person interviewing the Staffing Platform CEO? She asked the questions and wants to constantly interjects in the middle of his answers what she thinks that she knows… totally annoying!

They going back to the offices just to have Zoom meetings and send emails the whole day. Lucky if they talk to the guy in the floor below.

I just find the irony in the whole thing. Companies where like "yeah we are all for it" in the pandemic.

Some people can work remotely and remain productive and effective. Remember 20% of the work force does 80% of the work. Most people are lazy and unmotivated.

"Waaah waaaah" all i hear 😢

Work is the action of slavery. The office is the plantation. We are slaves of the system.

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do you guys hire? I can do IT support

Their ads are so annoying

Allstate Insurance made some changes. Your mileage may vary.

That guy knows what he's talking about!

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This guy bought his remote dream home at 2% and refuses to drive 3 hours to work.

If an employee can work in office means also, company or organization can able to see a huge benefit.when we take the benefits of organization, work from home or work from office is not at all a matter. It is based on the hours the employees can able to work. In office also, an employee can able to work from 8 to 12 hours and they can explore apart from the subject where they are learning and working....

Well, of courses there's an economic impact on small businesses around offices which I think gets overlooked. But that aside, there's lots great about home office but much like most things in human history.. just because it's got benefits doesn't mean we'll do it. I suspect the recession is gonna kill most hybrid and remote working.

Only thing for an employee in work from office is to explore apart from the working domain or platform and can able to communicate with their team members very easily... They can plan some great outings, tours and more selfie memories. But, if they are only in home means, they can't able to explore anything, they can't able to taste new foods with the friends and they can't able to enhance the knowledge in various fields and they can't able to communicate with their team mates or friends or mentors with face to face. All are spoiling because of work from home.. Work from home is better for only short periods or pandemic problems like situations. Life long work from home is not better for all employees.

Remote work is only somewhat better for organizations... But, it is not that much best for employees to expand their contacts and explore more things. Only face to face interaction will create more friendly conversations and explore more... Remote work is not a permanent solution i think.... Organizations and employees must want to against the remote work policies means, it will be fine... If we work in office means, we can able to explore many things, expand the contacts, new friends, work time selfies, friendly tours, friends outings and lot and lots of benefits... Why don't we try to work in office??

6 months work from home and 6 months work from office is somewhat a better things for senior persons or employees working in office.... Avoiding work from home is better only for employees who explore more in more organizations and more domains.. If one want to explore foods means, they have to come out If one want to explore some trekking trips or some tourism places means, they have to come out. If one want to explore apart from the domain which they work means, they need to go out. Coming out from home and working in office is best thing for all employees who needs to enhance the skills and knowledges in various fields

Work from office is much more better than work from home.. In work from office, we can explore more and more things, we can learn or to gain knowledge apart from the subject or department where we are working.. Work from office has lot of benefits than work from home.. But, most of the employees refusing to work in office. Because, they want work from home. Work from home is only used to make employees to work in a comfort zone.. That's all. It has not any benefit. If an employee come to office and work means,they can able to built lots and lots of new conversations with their fellow employees to gain knowledge. In work from home, we can talk in teams with some of our team members. It is not that much useful to explore and gain knowledge to learn. Each and every employee want to work in the office environment means, it will be a new experience for each employees.

Ha Ha! Why do you talk in person, not remotely? You should have recorded this video via Teams or Zoom or Webex. Ha Ha Ha!

What people aren’t understanding is that if the remote work continues ultimately your job is at risk cause now you arent only competing with your local market but with the whole world; meaning, your salary will sooner or later be brought into question cause why pay a person in DC or NYC when the company can hire some guy for half in Alabama, or for a tenth hire someone in Mexico or Argentina? Its fine for this guy whose business model thrives of that, but in time it spells further outsourcing in many fields. Its a very dangerous play for Americans, especially for those that live in metropolitan cities. Companies and economies made it work in the pandemic cause there wasnt an option at the time, but now it behooves one to consider how continuing the fully remote model ultimately hinders their own field and careers. Not to mention the countless industries that also suffer like: local restaurants, public transportation, local real estate markets… the list goes on and on. It ultimately not only hinders your local economy but you as well when there are less services and your local labor markets take a huge hit; ultimately you pay for those by way of unemployment and subsidies. Again, its not an issue that is so black n white, but should be discussed from all angles acknowledging the pros and cons. I dislike having to go back to the office, but understand that its better in the long run for my field (architecture) for all the reasons I’ve outlined. Its not a comfortable thing to return to with the commute but it’s necessary if you dont want to have half of your team in the future from another country when you can give that job to an American citizen. Sounds silly, but its crucial.

Can you be my boss? Lol

There is no one against work from home. If they want to work in home means, there is no problem.6 months work from home and six months work from office means, it will be best for all employees in all organizations or companies...organizations must want to ban or stop allowing Life long work from home for all employees. This is not a healthier thing or this is not a good things for employees to have a healthier lifestyle.

I'm no longer waiting for the grant loan because i earn $36,700 in returns from my $8,000 Investment every 10 days recently

This hasn’t aged well Lol! 😂

If your job can be done remotely it can be done anywhere in the world. Americans are arguing for their job to be sent outside of the US.

Most top CEO's want people back to the office. Collaboration, creativity and productivity just are better when people work together in one environment. If your company chooses in office work, either do it or find another job - pretty simple. Just keep in mind that job options moving forward in 2023 are not the same as the last few years, so be careful on you decision

Just because weve done something for a couple years doesn't mean we should keep doing what has failed this country and the world for those couple years, its great if all you do is email and call folks for a living, what about all the supplies and things we should be making and cant if people dont go back to work. If the engineer cant see what's actually happening then they become just another level of pay without earning

I want to be back in the office. Nothing beats human interaction and collaboration

Cybersecurity is threated , work life balance will be lost and further more meeting and more distractions rather we should embrace office working with some days given for remote working in case of any emergency . More output is generated from working in an office with like minded people and all people working . This is only my opnion regarding the same . Not meant to demean anybody .

Been working from home since 2009 after mortgage crisis, rather be working in an office with lots of associates. That at home sh*t is not going to work longterm, people are going to be begging to get back to an office full of other people.

just proves ceo doesnt mean smart. I really hate people that talk like this.

This isn't hard, go to work and then go home. They're two different places. Stop trying to act like most people can work remote. The overwhelming mass majority of people can't work remotely.

You must take in to account incompetent or corrupt or lazy humans. They exist and cannot work remotely. Motivation is not in place for many. All for those of ethics knowledge and motivation can and should work remotely. Unfortunately this talent is a low percentage of the work force. Best you study people and all the products and services. You are unique and do not represent the masses. Most do not know what an ISP is.