The Future Of Work – Who’s Holding The Cards?
David Danto
Top 50 Collaboration Industry Thought Leader, Evangelist and now Analyst - Engaged with UC, AV, Multimedia, Video, and AI... A general technology influencer, storyteller and force-multiplier.
In the high-stakes poker game of the modern workplace, where hybrid models and return-to-office debates are as hot as the latest internet fad, let’s meet the players holding the cards in the game of remote, return, or hybrid. Will your Royal Flush be the winning hand, or are you just the Mark?
Ten: The Accountant
Meet the Ten, the numbers guy, often your CFO. He’s crunching digits like the judges on Jeopardy. When it comes to shedding leases and cutting real estate costs, he’s all in, like a contestant on Deal or No Deal. However, he worries when the plot thickens: municipalities might pull those sweet tax abatements due to lower occupancy levels. Cities offered these deals expecting bustling business districts, not ghost towns.
For the Ten, it’s a financial balancing act. On one hand, reducing overhead by letting go of office space saves millions. On the other, losing tax breaks and facing potential penalties could put a serious dent in those savings. This accountant is caught between a rock and a hard place, with no slide rule up to the task of solving this equation.
Retired / EIR Chief Executive Officer at Intelligent-Data
8 个月Good metaphor on still an ongoing challenge. I've got to say from my lens, I see a lot of mature startups looking for a lot of people. We know the big corporations/ banks that state 'our way ( come in) or take the highway', but most DO NOT! It is a hybrid world with a minimum of 3 office days unless the company started expansion with the plan to always have branch offices and support teams 100% remote. I have seen no change with any back to office demands. Perhaps (I'm long enough out of the AV sector) the AV/ UC sector sees this more? I think the key in your article to me was ... "Experienced players are always prepared for an unexpected wild card. And just like in any good poker game, the real winner might just be the one you least expect" . To this I continue to see change as a positive so if your RIF'd that next better door can open up and you will have strategicly considered it's possible reality before it happens because experienced players should always be prepared. The CEO holds the cards and will continue to. Remember everyone is replaceable- ( at ' will' employees) including the CEO who gambles at his own risk should the company face a talent drain.
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8 个月Interesting take on this. Thanks for sharing.