Many CEO’s Want Workers Back In The Office, But Most Employees Would Quit First

Reported in the San Francisco Business Times 9/29/22,  the CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon suggested that those who come to the office every day will be getting the better assignments versus those who work remotely or only come in occasionally. But, “The Survey job site Monster found most workers would quit their job if they were forced to return to the office full time – and 40% would quit their jobs if they were mandated to come in just one day a week.” Monster Career Expert Vicki Salemi said, “Employers need to weigh retention and recruitment costs when it comes to return-to-office policies.”  The State of Remote Work in 2022: A Survey of the American Workforce, by GoodHire. , “about 73% said they feared that remote workers would be more at risk of losing their jobs in a layoff than their full-time office colleagues. About 68% also were concerned their manager would view full-tome office workers as high performers and full-time remote workers as lazier.”  I have also read reports that even the very fancy offices, with tons of bells and whistles, are very under-utilized with a low percentage of employees taking advantage of all these amenities. Companies keep trying different methods to get folks back to the office. Of course, if we have a serious recession with tons of layoffs all bets are off on who stays home and who comes in for fear of not having a job…