{"id":317330,"date":"2025-11-25T05:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-hypocrisy-of-return-to-office-mandates\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:34:56","slug":"the-hypocrisy-of-return-to-office-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=317330","title":{"rendered":"The Hypocrisy of Return-to-Office Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s bacckkkkk. Despite numerous studies showing return-to-office mandates don\u2019t work \u2014 and often backfire \u2014 the federal government is the latest of way too many organizational bosses to spew management double talk. The Ottawa Citizen<\/em> reports<\/a> that Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Christiane Fox argues \u201cin-person work is necessary for team building.\u201d She claims having people together in the office \u201cstrengthens collaboration within, and across teams and, increases opportunities for learning and sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n

How is that for leadership? If you don\u2019t work as a team, we\u2019ll unilaterally force you into our offices to collaborate and work as a team. And you\u2019d better like it or else\u2026.<\/p>\n

The Public Service Alliance of Canada is fighting these mandates in court. They\u2019re very rightly asking for proof that forcing people back to the office increases anyone\u2019s effectiveness.\u00a0 The Treasury Board argues that it has the \u201cmanagement right to choose employees\u2019 location of work and to require them to report to their designated workplaces.\u201d Very true. They do have the right to command, control, and boss.<\/p>\n

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Employees also have the right to quit and leave, quit and stay, or retire on the job. Managers asserting their right to be the boss are like the driver who insists on staying on their side of the road as a huge truck barrels toward them in their lane. They\u2019re within their legal right to refuse to yield. They\u2019ll be dead right.<\/p>\n

In another one of way too many other hypocritical examples, PWC is using location data to police<\/a> it\u2019s new back-to-office rule. That\u2019s because \u201cour business thrives on relationships.\u201d This is part of creating \u201cthe positive learning and coaching environment that is key to our success.\u201d Huh?<\/p>\n

From just the last few months, here\u2019s a tiny sample of blowback on this heavy-handed, autocratic, and misguided management:<\/p>\n

Some return-to-office mandates purposely tried to make workers quit. Now those companies are facing a bigger loss than expected<\/a><\/p>\n