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Company surveys team on how much remote work they want
60%+ want remote 4+ days a week, 95% want 3+ days
Company says they will allow remote 1-2 days a week
Company SHOCKED by anger
Media won’t report this!
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Company surveys team on how much remote work they want60%+ want remote 4+ days a week, 95% want 3+ daysCompany says they will allow remote 1-2 days a weekCompany SHOCKED by angerMedia won’t report this!
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Emotional rollercoaster: Companies response usually looks this:
why is this happening?
we’ve had offices for decades
why do they not like them now?
THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT!They think they know better!
Hyper Turnover: We’re about to live through the highest period of turnover in history between companies People will optimize for the work situation that gives them the highest quality of life
Companies hiring remotely will dominate the next decade as a result
Office Death: Companies who go back to the office full-time will be crushed for 2 reasons:Talent: If you go back full-time & biggest competitor doesn’t they’ll steal your best people
Efficiency: they save $20k / worker a year on office space + have higher productivity
Worker Power: People are realizing that in a knowledge-based economy talent *is* the companyTalent wants remote work
They will quit companies than don’t give it to them
Rapid Change: Google announced their return to the office one week. The next they changed their mindFear of losing talent will force companies to give their people what they want
Management Mistakes: We will see this play out in every industry. From tech to the most traditional Senior leadership will continue to get this wrong because they don’t get it and can’t relate to their teams anymore
Manager Fear: Middle managers feel productive from feeling busyWorkers are productive when they get shit done without distraction
When middle managers only way to feel valuable is by stopping workers from feeling productive we have a massive problem
History Repeating: Department stores got crushed by eCommerceThey thought nobody would buy anything online. They were wrong. Most people buy most things online
Companies missing out on remote get crushed for the same reason
Most people want to work remotely most of the time
Growing Anger: Companies believe that once people are back in the office they’ll realize how much they miss itThe opposite is far more likely. When people go back to having a commute they will resent the office for wasting so much of life
Destroyed Benefits: having to go to an office 3 days a week ruins many benefits of remotePeople still have to live close enough to commute regularly, have a high cost of living, and little flexibility
Genie Escaped: There is no way to put it back in the bottle. We all now know remote work works Being able to do deep focussed work without the distractions enables people to do better work
There is no good reason for a return to the office full-time
Base Estimate: Millions of people have only experienced pandemic remote workNormal remote work is 10X better
If 95%+ of people already want 3 days a remote, this number will skyrocket once lockdowns, homeschooling etc. ends
Quality of life: The future of work is so important because it is really about the future of living This is a quality of life upgrade that an entire generation has been waiting for
If we miss that we will regret it for the rest of our lives
Access opportunity: Offices have discriminated & disqualified a huge number of people from being able to access great jobs The most diverse, accessible and inclusive organizations in history should emerge
It’s on the shoulders of everyone in this space to make sure it does
Invisible Barriers: Offices are great places for certain people. Remote first orgs are great places for everyone It doesn’t matter if you’re a single parent, a carer, or you have a health condition or impairment that makes office working impossible
Remote fixes that
The Big Choice: There are only two types of company after Covid- remote-first
- office-first
Wherever leadership spends most of the time will dictate the type of company you work for
Remote Laws: The choice to work remotely will become a legal right Eventually, companies won’t have a choice. People will have full control over their working location
Number of Remote Jobs: There are 255M desk jobs globally130M+ jobs will be done remotely more than three days a week by 2030
Incentivised Relocation: Local governments will quickly realize the value of highly paid remote workers moving to their state@FrancisSuarez has been a incredible here for Miami, which will be the first global hub
