In the ongoing return-to-office battle, showing up to your desk is becoming a performance metric – just like it was in grade school.
In some ways, it's unsurprising bosses are turning back to attendance as a standard. After all, we've long been conditioned to believe showing up is vital to success, from some of our earliest days. In school, perfect attendance is often still seen a badge of honour.
Yet after the success of flexible arrangements during the pandemic, attendance is still entrenched as a core metric.
Maintaining corporate structure and identity is another concern, notes Anna Tavis, clinical professor at the NYU School of Professional Studies."Companies pride themselves on having a particular way of managing their businesses," she says."And even when remote workers are productive at the transactional level, management is looking holistically at cultural cohesion.
, agrees. He says that while it's true in-person teamwork can spark creativity and build camaraderie, tying worker performance to office attendance reveals a desire by employers to maintain the upper hand. "Control is a powerful aphrodisiac," he says."And the requirement that people go through the costly steps of showing up for you, are compelled to show respect – whether genuine or otherwise – when they pass you in the hallway and are available to you at a moment's notice help scratch that itch for control.
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