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The office vs. everyone else

2024/9/27
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播音员:本期节目探讨了办公室与远程办公的现状,许多公司要求员工返回办公室全职工作,但员工对此的感受各不相同。一些公司,如亚马逊、苹果等,已将员工召回办公室,试图恢复疫情前的办公模式。迈阿密的情况较为特殊,许多人已经回到办公室上班。 Hasan Altaf:作为一名年轻的软件工程师,他更喜欢在办公室工作,认为这更有利于创造力、协作和学习。他认为在办公室工作效率更高,因为家里容易分心。他之前远程实习的经历让他感到与团队脱节,缺乏目标感和成就感。 Alex DiLeonardo:Citadel首席人事官,他认为员工实际上选择并乐意接受公司每周五天在办公室工作的政策,这与公司的文化相符。他认为面对面工作能更好地促进学习和职业发展,学习最好是在面对面进行的,就像大学一样。 Nick Bloom:斯坦福大学经济学教授,他指出人们对办公方式的偏好差异很大,大约20%的人希望每天都去办公室,30%的人希望每天在家工作,50%的人希望采用混合模式。他认为公司在考虑远程办公对生产力的影响时,更应该关注的是盈利能力,因为远程办公可以降低成本。混合办公模式将持续存在,并且远程办公的比例在2023年初以来保持稳定。他认为未来几年,远程办公的比例可能会进一步增加,因为技术会越来越好。他提到一项研究表明,混合办公模式对员工绩效没有负面影响,反而能降低员工流失率。一些公司坚持全员每天到办公室上班,可能是因为管理不善、公司业绩不佳或试图转移公众注意力。强制员工每天到办公室上班可能会导致员工流失和招聘困难。他认为学习和创新需要结合面对面交流和独立思考时间,一些公司坚持每天到办公室上班的政策,可能只需要调整到每周四天即可。

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The episode explores the return to office mandates, focusing on Citadel's five-day policy in Miami. It contrasts this with hybrid work models and features interviews with employees and HR representatives discussing the pros and cons of each approach.
  • Citadel enforces a strict five-day in-office work week.
  • Some employees, particularly younger ones, find value in the in-person experience for collaboration and learning.
  • Citadel's Chief People Officer believes in-person work enhances learning and career development.
  • The episode questions whether full-time office work is a sustainable model in the long run.

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Amazon is the latest high-profile company to mandate in-person work five days a week. Today, Explained heads to Miami, where many people are back in the office, to see how they feel about it.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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Citadel Global Headquarters in downtown Miami. Photo by Victoria Chamberlin.

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