There are more and more indications that in the great technology the teleworking has come to an end. Not only that, but there are more and more numerous companies in the sector that even eliminate the hybrid work modality for force your employees to return to the offices every day. The last to get into the car has been Dellthat although a few years ago I assured that most of its workforce would not return to work in person, it began almost a year ago to reverse a Hybrid model, which has now loaded with a stroke despite the opposition of its workers.
Next March, the vast majority of Dell workers will have to go daily to work at the company’s offices, so those who until now were authorized to work a few days a week from their home can no longer do it. Unless they live more than an hour of car from a Dell office, in which case they can continue teleworking. The intermediate charges, in addition, have been asked to return this week to the office five days a week, with the aim of giving example to their subordinates.
The news has been given to employees the CEO of the company Michael Dellthrough an email in which you have informed them of the changes, according to The Register. The justification for this change is, according to the company, that an interaction in a half -minute person can replace an email discussion that lasts hours and even days. They also point out that there are already specific groups of the company, such as those in the sales, manufacturing and engineering areas, which have already become accustomed to being in the office five days per week.
So “As of March 3, all members of remote or hybrid teams live near a Dell office will work from the office five days a week. We will eliminate hybrid politics from that day«. Of course, they point out that they are still committed to flexibility in the working day, and invite each employee to work with those responsible to agree on a schedule that adapts to their needs. But pointing out that in most cases, employees must make plans and prepare to work in the office five days every week.
There are already many companies that have ended with teleworking throughout 2024. Of course, these policies back to the office have failed to improve the financial performance of companies. In general, the results do not support the main argument of companies for this, related to an increase in business values, office culture and greater productivity.
What has happened instead is that the mandates back to the office have been made to reinforce control over employees, and even to blame them in case the company is going through a delicate economic situation. On a few occasions, the mandatory return policies to the office sought to dimension a good part of the workers who performed their tasks remotely, and thus save the compensation for dismissal.
Of course, in those cases, what usually happens is that those who leave are not precisely the ones the company wants, but the most competent and experts. This is also leading to later, when the situation changes, many companies have difficulty covering their vacancies in certain specialties. Let’s not say those who want to recruit the best possible professionals.
A mixture of all this may be Google, but the economic situation is not the excuse in this case. According to the data of the Financial Report of the Third Quarter of its Fiscal Year 2025, the actions of Dell have risen 84% only in 2024, especially for the sale of servers compatible with AI workloads. Apparently, they believe that increasing interactions in person can grow even more.
As we have mentioned, Dell has practically all 2024 reversing the remote work policies he had adopted during the pandemic, with a remarkable response of employees. In March, the company informed sales personnel to go to the office at least three times a week, and for June, half of Dell template in the US rejected return to the office full time. In September, the sales department had to return to the office full time. Now, everyone will have to return.
