Short Term Gains, Long Term Stupidity

....One of the ways companies are prioritizing shareholder value over long-haul strong employees is by doling out what Trainor calls “phantom PIPs [performance improvement plans],” he said. “They’re pushing out really good employees that have never had a problem before.”

The second—and much more recognizable—move: Return-to-office mandates, which Trainor said often function like forced push-outs. “It’s just another veiled excuse to get people to quit,” Trainor said.

All of which are going on at Ford...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/top-career-coach-warns-gen-180033408.html

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I don't know of any employers paying for internet or home office heat. What a deal if you are not needing rental space and all the cost that go with it.

Can’t possibly be incompetent management at the root of quality problems. Got to be people working remotely.

RTO is also for connected management (and boards of directors) to help out commercial real estate landlords, lenders, investors and bankers.

The CR industry is having financial difficulties because cleaver companies have figured out they can save huge sums of money if they don’t lease a building. So the CR industry is trying to create a “management fad” (I.e. a narrative that denies reality) that leasing office buildings is necessary.

Any company that figures out how to manage remote information workers will have a significant competitive advantage.

But the big boys in industry and government have to set the example to perpetuate the RTO fad.

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