When Bad Things Happen to Good Workers
Out of sight out of mind.
Measuring activities and not results.
Counting hours vs. outcomes
Be in the office or laid off.
Hmmmmmm.
So many good intentions; so many bad choices. Now the data is telling us when layoffs happen it’s the remote workers who are hardest hit. I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal.
I’m speechless.
Short sighted. Silly. Discriminatory even.
Either make it a requirement that people work from the office and deal with disgruntled workers until those who wish to work remote weed themselves out. They will go to friendlier places fortunate enough to hire them and office-only leaders will find themselves limiting their pool of great talent. Or worse they’ll be hiring yes men and women, but I leave that for another day.
Or leave things remote or hybrid and trust people and treat them equally. I heard recently from one leader that he had heard from another that office attendance is ‘up without being asked’ because people are fearful about being out of sight and out of mind.
This lay-off thing hitting remote workers feels like leadership at its worst. There are plenty of great studies right now about what makes for engaged cultures and well-performing companies. It’s time for a leadership tune up. Wayfair’s actions two weeks ago pretty much ensures a reason not to buy from that company again. Spend with principle. It’s time.
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