The Double Standard of the Return-to-Office
Many bosses are dragging workers back into offices – only to break their own rules and keep working from home themselves. Plus, how skyrocketing rents in big metros like New York have forced some young workers out of cities altogether.
The double standard of the return-to-office
As pandemic restrictions ease, many companies are slowly bringing employees back to their desks, either full-time or on a hybrid basis. But workers are frustrated that some higher-ups think the new guidelines don't apply to them.
Despite citing the importance of face-to-face collaboration to justify in-person work, some bosses are still working from home.?"It's demotivating," says one worker in the UK. "It feels like us employees are not important, as they never come in to see us." How will this double standard play out?
Read more on why some bosses aren't practising what they preach.
The New Yorkers in crisis over skyrocketing rents
Rents are hitting all-time highs in some cities around the world, and residents in New York City in particular are reeling from dizzying spikes of 50% or more.
Many renters had benefited from record-low deals in the last two years, as landlords struggled to keep flats full after city dwellers fled en masse to the suburbs during Covid-19 lockdowns. But now the pendulum has swung violently the other way, cities are filling up again and many renters simply can't afford the price hikes. What are the implications of this, and what can renters expect for the rest of 2022?
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Read more on how young workers in New York are panicking over housing.
Why women have to 'sprint' into leadership positions
New research suggests that if women don't land senior jobs in the first decade of their careers, they often don't end up landing them at all.
It goes like this: women are well aware that having kids can stall or derail their careers. As a result, they often feel the need to scale the corporate ladder as quickly as possible, to position themselves better before the ‘motherhood penalty’ kicks in. But this dash to the top puts enormous strain on women.
Read more about the biases women face at work.
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2 年Returning to the office has both positive and negative sides, as returning to everyday normality is good, but it is also true that returning to work on the office our priorities for organizing the activities that we had set for ourselves take a back seat, due to the times to be respected. Therefore, working on office involves taking means of transport or even your own car: both have a cost, because the car must take into account the petrol and the subway pass; being paid less despite the extras would prevent anyone from having the luxury of renting an apartment or continuing to pay for it just because a little closer to their workplace, due to the conditions already mentioned above, and unfortunately they still remit once women, especially at the beginning of their career. It is shameful and unworthy that a woman is exploited at work, that she is not appreciated for what she does too because when she comes home she has to do something else. In my opinion, due importance must be given from this point of view, especially when you are on maternity leave.
Retired (semi) ..... April 2023
2 年Convenient!
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2 年I think that the lockdown which forced people to work from home has demonstrated that a lot of roles can be done remotely. I completed analysis in a previous role of the impact working from home had on productivity and outputs and it was miniscule, I'm not saying this is the same for all industries and I also value collaboration but I also think it needs a common sense approach, from an environment perspective, less cars on the road is only a good thing and also I have seen when I have been in the office multiple people sitting at their desk with earphones in on zoom calls all day! What is the value of that? If there is a reason to be in the office such as training or meeting new colleagues etc then absolutely but to sit there on zoom is ridiculous!