Short post and ready to be flamed.
I have worked from home for a decade with Dell and support work from home as a whole. It is far more productive for me and the customers we manage. So does some of the team.
But I am not the problem.
The problem is the 10 other staff I need to work with + new hires that we had added over the WFH period. They dont have the same drive we do, they dont care as much and they arent doing the work.
Their manager is also not around and they have no direction, were hired in WFH and are terrified of meeting customers or talking to partners.
So my team of WFH capable people who are doing the work well are now carrying the work of the WFH people who arent. Each of us plugging holes for the missing managers and the incapable team members that are occupying roles.
As much as a conspiracy theory fiction is that this all about forcing people to quit, managers who know their teams already know who is MIA and they will be the ones tasked with showing face and being vocal in the office. There is no grand scheme to cut staff, this is to get people engaging or not. But leaving your work colleagues to carry the load whilst you are doing the bare minimum to tick a box is no longer a thing.
Massive supporter of WFH. But also not a supporter of doing the work of 4 others that are having a lend.