Executives Are Twice As Eager Than Workers To Return To The Office

Wired Magazine 11-22-21 referenced a study by Future Forum surveying 10,000 knowledge workers and their bosses across six countries including the United States. “The study showed that executives are more than twice as likely to want to get back to the office fulltime – every single working day, just like in the “before times” – than their employees, with 44% of executives longing for their commutes and fluorescent lighting versus 17% of their staff. Some bosses are willing to offer a bit of flexibility with two-thirds of execs saying they want to work in the office most of the time or all of the time. But staff – or, as the survey identified them, “non-executive’ knowledge workers – don’t agree. More than three-quarters (76%) said they want flexibility in whether they work from home or the office, and even more, 93%, want flexibility in when they work.” The article goes on to surmise that one reason for this differential is bosses may have offices with doors that close versus open plan hot desks, they ,au have more flexibility over when and how they work as they are the boss, and bosses also might feel that since they worked their way up the ranks by coming to the office every day, perhaps their subordinates should do the same. What do you think?