Opinion: performance management is the real unspoken reason behind the rush to bring us back to open-plan office hell Many businesses are pressing workers who have been working remotely during the pandemic to return to the office.
Major financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America are using a mix of carrots (food trucks and bonuses) and sticks (letters demanding employees return and preferential treatment of employees who return) to persuade office workers to return.
Irish workers too are starting to feel pressure to return to the office, at least part-time. But it is not always clear why people should return to the office.