Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.
Every office worker has a commute. The commute is just money wasted. The employee needs to consider the commute in the time they actually spend for work. So the employer ultimately pays for the commute, as an employee would always choose the shorter commute if the work conditions are otherwise equal.
By removing the commute, employers get the same productive working time. They give the workers a pay increase, because the total time commited to work is reduced and the costs for the company are often zero or even negative, as they can start closing down offices, dont pay for electricity and so on. With commutes often in the area of 1 hour per way, that means a 25% raise by comparing total time spent for work.
To think about it. A return to office mandate is a significant pay cut to the employee, yet the employer still has to pay the same labor costs and often also increase other costs related to the labor.
It only makes sense in companies, where the performance working from home is extremely lower than the performance working at the office. This is an indication of severe missmanagement and a company set to fail sooner or later. if only the whip of the managers is making people work, the companies culture is fucked.
The math is quite simple.
Every office worker has a commute. The commute is just money wasted. The employee needs to consider the commute in the time they actually spend for work. So the employer ultimately pays for the commute, as an employee would always choose the shorter commute if the work conditions are otherwise equal.
By removing the commute, employers get the same productive working time. They give the workers a pay increase, because the total time commited to work is reduced and the costs for the company are often zero or even negative, as they can start closing down offices, dont pay for electricity and so on. With commutes often in the area of 1 hour per way, that means a 25% raise by comparing total time spent for work.
To think about it. A return to office mandate is a significant pay cut to the employee, yet the employer still has to pay the same labor costs and often also increase other costs related to the labor.
It only makes sense in companies, where the performance working from home is extremely lower than the performance working at the office. This is an indication of severe missmanagement and a company set to fail sooner or later. if only the whip of the managers is making people work, the companies culture is fucked.