Article in the localstates this ambiguously
Excerpt
“At the end of February, 24.1 percent of employees in Germany worked from home at least part of the time, according to a recent ifo Institute business survey of nearly 9,000 companies published this week.
Still the flexible work policy faces some resistance from management in the workplace. 68 percent of Germany’s top CEOs said their employees will return to the office full-time within the next three years according to a October 2023 KPMG survey.
Some German companies like Deutsche Bank and SAP began cracking down on work-from-home policies this year Both faced criticism from employees after calling workers to return to the office.
by QualityOverQuant
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Yes, its discussed since the pandemic began, basically. Some say this, some say that.
In the end, companies with a nice Work from Home policy will have the edge over companies who don’t, given the rest is more or less the same. So, companies who really need people in the office will have to pay more. or offer more Vacation. Or more something else.
the genie is out of the bottle now
Cue the moaning about Fachkräftemangel in 3..2..1..