Productivity isn’t 9-5. No truer words. Also, I won’t apologize for being highly efficient. If my workload doesn’t require an 8 hour day, I refuse to load the rest of the time with pointless busy work.
The framing that hybrid works because of cost savings from reduced attrition is (at least at surface level) contradictory with the point that many CEOs are using RTO policies as a way to increase desired attrition. It seems like the nuance is in how Hybrid can balance driving non-regrettable attrition, while minimizing regrettable attrition.
It's a good point, but the issue is also where execs are focused. Retention today isn't as much a broad goal, and RTO as an attrition driver is a very blunt instrument. To your point, it's a "regretted" attrition issue: those that leave most often are those that have a choice in the market (ex., data scientists) or those that cannot rebalance their home commitments (caregivers, most of the time women).
Productivity isn’t 9-5. No truer words. Also, I won’t apologize for being highly efficient. If my workload doesn’t require an 8 hour day, I refuse to load the rest of the time with pointless busy work.
The framing that hybrid works because of cost savings from reduced attrition is (at least at surface level) contradictory with the point that many CEOs are using RTO policies as a way to increase desired attrition. It seems like the nuance is in how Hybrid can balance driving non-regrettable attrition, while minimizing regrettable attrition.
Aka CEOs think they’ll lose underperformers. I’ve talked with leaders who’ve looked at the data: that hypothesis doesn’t hold up.
It's a good point, but the issue is also where execs are focused. Retention today isn't as much a broad goal, and RTO as an attrition driver is a very blunt instrument. To your point, it's a "regretted" attrition issue: those that leave most often are those that have a choice in the market (ex., data scientists) or those that cannot rebalance their home commitments (caregivers, most of the time women).
Love "like a hammer on a screw"!