One aspect I haven’t seen talked about much is how there’s a strong push for RTO but no cutbacks on external contractors. Current large org is forcing RTO but most of my team is in latam or Europe so there’s very little value.
If this was truly about in-office efficiency then why keep so many external contractors?
My take is that this is yet another mechanism for soft layoffs and control and the cost savings of external contractors are still worthwhile. So we’re left with hybrid teams and being in office still means remote meetings with the majority of ICs. The most charitable take I can give is that leadership truly believes that their immediate reports/teams will do better. My less charitable take is that this is for reasons not shared because they wouldn’t be well received.
If this was truly about in-office efficiency then why keep so many external contractors?
My take is that this is yet another mechanism for soft layoffs and control and the cost savings of external contractors are still worthwhile. So we’re left with hybrid teams and being in office still means remote meetings with the majority of ICs. The most charitable take I can give is that leadership truly believes that their immediate reports/teams will do better. My less charitable take is that this is for reasons not shared because they wouldn’t be well received.