“A whopping 80% of bosses regret their initial return-to-office decisions and say they would have approached their plans differently if they had a better understanding of employees’ office attendance, their usage of office amenities and other related factors, according to new research from Envoy.”
Envoy’s own CEO says the mandates rested on executives’ opinions rather than employee data. Plenty of companies forced workers back, hit pushback and retracted. Offices are still only half as full as before the pandemic, and executives signed real estate deals without knowing who would show up. The bosses regret the bad press. The workers already paid for the commute.