The pandemic shifted remote work from luxury to norm; however, companies are struggling to adapt. A Reddit user shared an experience where a food delivery app's leadership enforced a return to office policy, despite many employees being hired as remote. The team's success in remote operations was overlooked, leading to pushback when employees were forced to relocate without support. This misalignment between leadership and workforce expectations culminated in lost employees and diminishing morale, highlighting the ongoing tension and changing dynamics in the workplace post-pandemic.
The entire team had been working from home since the start of the pandemic and had a bunch of remote-only people join. They were spread across several time zones, but we made it work because we thought this was how things were going to be going forward.
After making several billion dollars from people like us working from home and ordering delivery... the entire C-suite decided that COVID was pretty much over and that we would all be heading back to the office part-time, gradually increasing to full time.
Those in cities without an office, even though they were hired as remote workers, were expected to come up with a 1-year plan about how they were going to move without any assistance or compensation.
The abrupt shift to a rigid in-office policy backfired spectacularly, leading to high employee turnover and a significant loss of morale.
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