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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s a dumb article but there are some valid points.  The people who suffer most from telework are the more junior staff that just don’t get as much professional development.  I’m a senior person and would love to continue to just work from home most of the time but it’s not really fair to the junior folks.  I know they are struggling.  Face time for face time’s sake is dumb but the truth is that most humans are better at developing connections in person.  We are struggling with finding the balance, as an office.

I also think that many employers will just hire peoole in lower COLA locations rather than people around here, if they are going to be primarily remote.  That happened years ago with customer service and then with IT support, when businesses realized how someone could do it from Ohio for 50K just as easily as someone in DC doing it for 80K.  [/quote]

But Cathy's employees are likely not asking to "work from home forever." Sure, a few may want to but I doubt most want to do that.

The middle ground is more flexible policies that allow junior staff to be mentored in-person while also rewarding experienced staff who need less oversight with more telecommuting opportunities.

My ideal balance would be remote 3x per week and in the office 2x per week. And then allow me to work remotely for 2-4 weeks in the summer and 2 weeks around the holiday season, depending of course on my employer's needs and mindful of certain seasonal surges/deadlines.

Cathy says "it's all or nothing" and then threatens her employees' livelihoods. 'Eff that. What a bullying loser and a horrible leader.[/quote]

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