We all know by now that many business leaders want their employees to work in the office instead of at home. But most don’t understand why.
And we know that many employees want to work from home instead of the office. And most don’t understand why, either.
As a result, we have a standoff at many companies where corporate leadership is imposing return-to-office (RTO) mandates, and employees are resisting.
It’s time for everyone to really understand what’s driving the standoff.
Why employees hate RTO mandates
The conventional wisdom says that the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced companies to embrace full-time, work-from-home (WFH), gave employees a taste of remote work. They liked it. And that stiffened resistance to RTO mandates.
