Young employees are losing out ‘on a lot’ by not going to the office, business experts say

[Prince.Skeletor]

i can easily say the same thing about you not being able to work at an office.

How does my preference mean I’m weak?

at least make sense before commenting.

I can easily work at the office, never said I couldn't.
Only that I don't want to and that it's not needed.

 

[Micky Mikey]

We aren't missing out on anything. I highly doubt we'll even be living in a functional country by the time I reach retirement.

 

[Mike809]

This dude doesnt know what a computer is?
you can network without being physically in the office.

 

[Bubba T]

They're not wrong

The reality of the situation is that it is harder to train people remotely. Instead of getting them accustomed to the tasks develop useful soft skills, they get assigned what is repetitive.

I think a lot of people are speaking from the perspective of someone who is seasoned. If you know what you're doing and are comfortable in your role, you can do your day to day job remotely without a problem.

New recruits rely on shadowing.

Most of the comments here are about people who are already accustomed to their jobs. Its different from the perspective of a new person who literally is joining the workforce.

We had discussions about this all last year. Some staff had said they learned more in a couple days working at the client site than they did working remotely for months. People keep saying " you can video chat that", is not entirely accurate. There needs to be balance.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

For experienced professionals, remote work is a dream come true.

• Less time wasted on commuting
• Less interaction with people you might not like so less stress and irritation
• more time to have deep focus and really get your best work done
• more efficient use of downtime to do time wasting chores around the house making your evenings and weekends really your free time
• You can eat anytime so less money wasted on eating out randomly and lunch preps
• More time to schedule appts like annual health check ups or car oil changes
• Less of a need to unwind after work

For younger new employees, it could be a fukking nightmare

• Less onboarding experience
• Less people to shadow/copy for your new role
• Less info to figure out the workings of the company
• Less situational and observational awareness opportunities
• Less network insight to related things that might help you in your role or career
• More blind spots because only your superior is checking in on you

The best solution is hybrid on and offsite schedules, to get best of both worlds

Valid points, but all things that can be overcomed.

You just need a process, that's it.
Once you have a process you good to go.
My company has onboarding buddies.
Say you work for Saputo, just get assigned maybe 3 saputo buddies, set up cadences and you good.

Okay let's be real here, most companies even when onsite have horrible onboarding procedures, if any.
It's very often throw you in the water and learn to swim.
You only learn because of people around you not because any company has a good onboarding process.
Now, you just need to make that a process and virtualize it.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Most of the comments here are about people who are already accustomed to their jobs. Its different from the perspective of a new person who literally is joining the workforce.

We had discussions about this all last year. Some staff had said they learned more in a couple days working at the client site than they did working remotely for months. People keep saying " you can video chat that", is not entirely accurate. There needs to be balance.

I started a new position in a new field during the lockdowned pandemic.
I've never been to my new company's office.

And for the argument you give, it's a valid one, but only because companies have not figured out a process yet, that's all it is.

THE PROBLEM IS.......... Companies are treating this remote work situation as a temporary one, so they are not creating new processes to accommodate this new way of working.
That's all it boils down to.

 

[Mook]

lol @ any adult that enjoys going to adult day care aka the office. damn suckers

people in here talking about they miss the fake watercooler talk lmao.

 

[Spliff]

Lmao I’m glad nobody is buying this bullshyt propaganda

 

[Bboystyle]

"Create a work environment and invite some people over"






Basically saying they dont wanna lose that slave trade type of atmosphere. fukk em

 

[Bboystyle]

Every last one of these corporate, boomer, hyper captalist mfers need to burn in hell and thats on the dead bloods.

Fixed

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

Yep, losing out on long commutes, waking up early for said commutes and annoying ass gossiping coworkers

 

[Gold]

I started a new position in a new field during the lockdowned pandemic.
I've never been to my new company's office.

And for the argument you give, it's a valid one, but only because companies have not figured out a process yet, that's all it is.

THE PROBLEM IS.......... Companies are treating this remote work situation as a temporary one, so they are not creating new processes to accommodate this new way of working.
That's all it boils down to.

This.

Onboarding and ramping remotely only sucks remotely because the companies arent really doing everything they can to make it a good experience.

New hires have interviews with 5ppl to get the job, and then only talk to a single person during remote onboarding.

If they want the experience to be better, make it better

 

[HabitualLineSteppa]

These antiquated methods of CONTROL died 2 years ago effectively.

Believe it or not, it legit took a damn pandemic to FINALLY fight and hopefully KILL this mode of thought and justification for making people remain miserable in the corporate rat race.

Phrases like “micro-management”, “passive-aggressive” rests upon damn near every American employee’s mind for a reason.

This is one of em.

 

[chineebai]

Unless a company has amazing culture and 98% of companies do not, office environment is just some silly shyt. The only benefit I see to going to the office is for training for junior team members where they need that hand holding. Yes there are happy hours and team events, but honestly you can still have those without going to the office. Almost nothing is missed from staying at home. Companies are saying their businesses are a "people" business, yeah my ass. If it was a people business, then how do you explain the record profits and productivity over the last 2 years. All bullshyt.

 

[Taadow]

That’s an interesting choice of picture accompanying this article...