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Interesting article.
Oldgator73 said:...employers believe they are losing some control over employees if they work from home.
Not all employees are happier working at home. Lots of people prefer the interaction with others. My son manages a call center for a credit union. They have all been working at home for months, and they will mostly continue that way for months more. However he has people asking him regularly when they will be able to get back to the office. Some don?t like the distractions at home, some prefer more casual interaction with co-workers. Others are perfectly happy working at home indefinitely. And it isn?t free for employers. The building is still there with utilities being paid. There was cost to set up each employee with the specific hardware needed to access sensitive data (basically a thin client that can only connect to the company?s servers in a secure manner - cost around $500 each). You really don?t want the folks with access to your account to to do it from their home computers, do you? Those clients were sold out across the country for quite a while. He ordered as many as he could in March, and he had to wait for the remaining ones until April when the last of the staff could finally get home.Oldgator73 said:If the pandemic has taught us nothing else it has taught us that many jobs can be accomplished remotely. It seems many employers are resistant to teleworking. It?s just my opinion but I think employers believe they are losing some control over employees if they work from home. It seems like a win win situation though. Employees seem much happier, in some cases production goes up. The other win for employers is company assets such as utilities are not being utilized by employees therefore saving the company money.
skydivemark said:It?s just my opinion but I think employers believe they are losing some control over employees if they work from home.
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That might be it but it also exposes people who aren't doing anything.skydivemark said:It?s just my opinion but I think employers believe they are losing some control over employees if they work from home.
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Oldgator73 said:It seems many employers are resistant to teleworking. It?s just my opinion but I think employers believe they are losing some control over employees if they work from home.