I recently had this interesting conversation with the CEO of a local company. After the pandemic, he pondered on RTO/WFH. His company is still growing and he needed to hire more people.
If he ordered RTO, he would surely lose some people, but if he kept WFH, he would be able to hire the talent escaping RTO at other firms.
Yes, WFH seems like a great differentiator to attract talent you couldn't get otherwise. Surprised more "underdog" companies aren't leaning into it. Then again a lot of CEOs are trend chasers. See also: stuffing AI into everything.
> WFH seems like a great differentiator to attract talent you couldn't get otherwise.
it is, but WFH also does hamper new hires like grads, since there's less opportunity for them to learn via osmosis. Zoom meetings aren't quite the same imho.
If he ordered RTO, he would surely lose some people, but if he kept WFH, he would be able to hire the talent escaping RTO at other firms.
So he kept WFH and all went fine.