Work from Home Why are bosses reluctant to embrace Work from Home?
Many employees are puzzled why their bosses insist that they return to work in the office and not continue the work from home (WFH). 

They see many advantages of WFH:

a) It saves traveling time to and from the workplace
b) The employees are highly motivated and are more productive.
c) The work can be monitored based on results for employees who work from home.

They wonder why their bosses are so small minded and need to monitor them in the workplace. Do they not trust their employees? Why is there lack of trust?

Maybe, the blame should go to the human resource managers. Maybe, they are the small minded people. 

My opinion is that the bosses are not stupid. If WFH is more productive, they will gladly adopt it. 

In reality, the bosses find that WFH leads to less productive employees. 

There will be exceptions among the employees. Some will be more productive when they work from home. But the majority are likely to be less productive. 

There will also be exceptions among the bosses. Some will embrace WFH. But the majority will want their employees to report to the office. 

A few employees will be fortunate to find jobs that allow them to work from home. But the majority will not be that fortunate. 

WFH will be the exception after the covid pandemic is over.

Tan Kin Lian

 

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