The Mess of Return-to-Office Mandates
After years of remote and hybrid work being the standard since the pandemic, forcing employees back into the office on a whim hasn’t gone well for businesses or government agencies in the past.
The federal return-to-office mandates from President Trump, for example, have been all over the place, encouraging employees to commute to empty office buildings with no desks or Wi-Fi. Some locations didn’t even have lights on.
Businesses have had similar problems. Companies like Amazon and Dell, for instance, have endured employee protests and walk-outs as a result of their RTO policies, which have had a notably negative impact on employee wellbeing.
