Ahh house of Fraser famous for moving with the times and adapting to changing markets
Frasers about to collapse then, glad Mike Ashley will be losing another root of his corrupted tree.
> David Al-Mudallal reportedly wrote in the memo “too many examples of people or teams not being contactable when they need to be … and colleagues who via their social media profiles are demonstrating they’re not treating Friday as a working day”.
So, they have no idea how to measure productivity, so they’re picking idiotic proxies instead.
People not being contactable on a whim is one of the benefits! It means people can concentrate without being disturbed by some middle manager who has no concept of working time or consideration of others.
As for social media, I hope there was more than just a few people making jokes about working from home being a day off etc.
WFH is an excuse to slack off from work. Cue the downvotes but the evidence is right in the article.
“too many examples of people or teams not being contactable when they need to be … and colleagues who via their social media profiles are demonstrating they’re not treating Friday as a working day.”
I’m glad it’s being called out for exactly what it is.
If people are used to working from home and like that freedom – putting them in an environment they don’t want to be in won’t make them more productive.
If I’d been working like that, then forced to go into an office again, I’d likely be less productive there.
When you’re at work/in an office, you’re being paid to be there so you’d probably feel more like you could slack off if you’re done with your work, and just being there for the sake of being there between certain times.
At home you probably want to get your work done faster so you can actually have more free time. That’s not working less or being less productive, just because you’re taking time off.
My mum still often works at home majority of the time and has been way more productive (and actually works much longer) because of it. Less distractions, less chit chat, less waste of time meetings that can just be messages…
They could just fire those staff who don’t do their jobs and employ better ones if the difference in productivity is really that substantial; the fact that they’re not doing this shows that productivity isn’t really being effected, and proves that their motives for ending WFH are not what they say.
>“We have an incredible workforce of dedicated colleagues, and in-person collaboration is key to how we deliver value together. We believe that we are all at our best when we work together in an office environment.”
This is blatant middle-manager meddling & bullshit; words that sound good to upper management and the directors, but ultimately mean less than nothing and only show that the management tiers don’t actually understand the jobs of the worker tier.
I predict House of Fraser is about to have a recruiting problem.
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Ahh house of Fraser famous for moving with the times and adapting to changing markets
Frasers about to collapse then, glad Mike Ashley will be losing another root of his corrupted tree.
> David Al-Mudallal reportedly wrote in the memo “too many examples of people or teams not being contactable when they need to be … and colleagues who via their social media profiles are demonstrating they’re not treating Friday as a working day”.
So, they have no idea how to measure productivity, so they’re picking idiotic proxies instead.
People not being contactable on a whim is one of the benefits! It means people can concentrate without being disturbed by some middle manager who has no concept of working time or consideration of others.
As for social media, I hope there was more than just a few people making jokes about working from home being a day off etc.
WFH is an excuse to slack off from work. Cue the downvotes but the evidence is right in the article.
“too many examples of people or teams not being contactable when they need to be … and colleagues who via their social media profiles are demonstrating they’re not treating Friday as a working day.”
I’m glad it’s being called out for exactly what it is.
If people are used to working from home and like that freedom – putting them in an environment they don’t want to be in won’t make them more productive.
If I’d been working like that, then forced to go into an office again, I’d likely be less productive there.
When you’re at work/in an office, you’re being paid to be there so you’d probably feel more like you could slack off if you’re done with your work, and just being there for the sake of being there between certain times.
At home you probably want to get your work done faster so you can actually have more free time. That’s not working less or being less productive, just because you’re taking time off.
My mum still often works at home majority of the time and has been way more productive (and actually works much longer) because of it. Less distractions, less chit chat, less waste of time meetings that can just be messages…
They could just fire those staff who don’t do their jobs and employ better ones if the difference in productivity is really that substantial; the fact that they’re not doing this shows that productivity isn’t really being effected, and proves that their motives for ending WFH are not what they say.
>“We have an incredible workforce of dedicated colleagues, and in-person collaboration is key to how we deliver value together. We believe that we are all at our best when we work together in an office environment.”
This is blatant middle-manager meddling & bullshit; words that sound good to upper management and the directors, but ultimately mean less than nothing and only show that the management tiers don’t actually understand the jobs of the worker tier.
I predict House of Fraser is about to have a recruiting problem.