«No more freedom to work from home? Then I will quit!”

Rarely is any topic discussed as passionately as in the home office: in staff meetings as well as in private circles, Karen Klosek finds in her article com.finnews.first.

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England, with an average of 1.5 days of home office work per week, is a leader in Europe. (Europe 0.9). Up to 40 percent of all employees work from home. Meanwhile, England is the country with the longest working hours in Europe.

In addition to these numbers, The Guardian cites a current study in which 25 percent of participants said they would leave if they worked exclusively for the company again.

Tim CookApple CEO, otherwise very clear in his announcements, spoke cautiously of the pilot when he ordered that Apple employees be expected to be in the office again three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and also on the third day, which the team could identify themselves. The protest against the first memorandum on compulsory attendance after Covid was very large. Zoom also wants to see employees who live up to 80 kilometers from the company’s headquarters in the corporate office at least twice a week and are facing strong resistance.

“The debate ignores the real reasons.”

Major banks in the United States have long followed this path, and many expect banks to be present five days a week. This could be improved, for example, by the office of the future currently being built by JPMorgan Chase by Foster & Partners at 270 Park Avenue.

The 60-storey building exceeds all previous sustainability standards, features an advanced clean air concept, and allows maximum flexibility of office walls and experts such as Deepak Chopra Dedicated to this, rooms are provided for yoga, Pilates, meditation or just rooms for silence.

Well-known arguments: Traffic jams on the motorway or full S-Bahn trains, which sometimes break down, are not fun and cost time, money, nerves and carbon dioxide. In the digital world, many tasks can be performed almost anywhere. A doctor’s appointment can be scheduled more discreetly from your home office. It’s easier to fight the common cold at home with tried and tested home remedies. However, the discussion usually ignores the real causes.

“Good managers were already flexible when the term ‘home office’ didn’t exist yet.”

Even if he or she is equipped with idealistic spiel about genders and all other kinds of political correctness, it is difficult to tolerate a personally incompetent leader. Every storage room looks more attractive as a home office. Anthropologist and professor at the London School of Economics, who died early David Graeber She called them bullshit jobs: work that no one actually needs, and that even those who are paid to do find unnecessary.

If the manager and the HR department are not worth their salt and there are no opportunities for development, it is better for the work to be done at the kitchen table at home, even if the light, chair and table are not completely suitable for this from an ergonomic point of view.

Good managers were flexible and had flexibility even before the terms home office and workplace existed. They value their employees and allow flexibility when desired and possible. They trust their employees and know that performance (and loyalty) is higher thanks to their individual flexibility.

“Not everyone likes to wear headphones for hours”

Of course, not everyone can work in a building perfectly designed by Foster + Partners. Ambitious but unprofessionally designed workspaces often do not allow for focused work. Not everyone likes to wear headphones for hours. Some old school workplaces are not suitable as lounges, but they allow for focused work at corporate headquarters. Without your own motivation to want to work for an organization, it is simply hopeless – as long as workers are scarce. Here, the desire to maximize home office flexibility is nothing more than optimizing free time.

However, for highly motivated employees, a number of existing studies suggest that more hours worked at home means more hours worked. It’s no wonder that in a well-equipped home office, it’s more enjoyable to work late at night without having to rush to a dark parking lot or to the S-Bahn station at night. If you’d like to delve deeper into the topic: In the discussion, the management expert and philosopher demystifies many supposed trends such as flexible working and dissipated illusions: ‘A Brave New World of Work’ in “SRF Cultural Media Library” Recommended.

The company or other organization we work for is a great opportunity to meet people we would never otherwise have met. We all discover new perspectives and develop further – but only if we approach it personally.

“A home office that is supposed to be comfortable can become very uncomfortable in the medium term.”

Online chats are not a substitute – we exchange ideas with those who are already similar to us. Formal meetings are usually well-organized dramas. Really important information is exchanged “between the lines” together over coffee. An outstanding company culture can only be experienced in everyday life. It has a positive impact and benefits both parties: the company in the balance sheet and profit and loss statement, and the employees in the quality of the many days, weeks and months they spend at work.

A good corporate culture creates a natural network that lasts for decades, even if everyone already works at other companies. Sometimes friendships are formed that last a lifetime. The supposedly comfortable home office can become very uncomfortable in the medium term: more housework instead of professional life, because very few people and often not the most capable people are able to make a name for themselves with Webex, Teams or Zoom.

Karen M. Closec She has worked in Frankfurt, Auckland, Sydney and London in fashion, financial services and healthcare with a focus on brand management and strategic marketing. In 2018 it was launched with Mike Seaver Lifestyle website GloriousMe.Net. She is also the co-founder of a brand consulting company Glorious brands In Frankfurt am Main.

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