UK employees will need a stronger argument for flexible arrangements than just saying they can do the job as well at home
Forget the recycling of the daily commute into more hours spent on the job at the kitchen table. White-collar workers appear to have failed to convince their bosses that they are at least as productive at home as they are in the office. In the minds of Europe’s bosses at least, work from home has peaked. Champions of workplace flexibility are going to have to deploy better arguments than A-B comparisons of output.
The pro-office arguments have been well aired: it’s where new recruits learn the ropes, it maintains the corporate culture, it facilitates collaboration. Badging in and out counters the “always on” mentality. The upshot is that employees will need a stronger argument for flexible arrangements than just saying they can do the job as well at home. This could now come down to negotiation and leverage: they may have to be willing to move to a firm that is more accommodating of WFH requests.
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