"Organizations requiring IT workers to commute to an office need to ground decisions in value creation, focus on data-driven results, and avoid badge-swipe metrics, employment experts say. Work-from-office mandates are accelerating as the world moves further away from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the push toward in-person work environments will make it more difficult for IT leaders to retain and recruit staff, some experts say."
""When teams meet for architecture sessions, design sprints, or incident response, the pace of progress, as well as the level of clarity, may increase simply because being in-person caters to the way most people in the business interact," he says. However, there are potential downsides for IT leaders, with strict work-from-office policies making it more difficult to attract and retain top IT talent."
Work-from-office mandates are increasing as the pandemic recedes, with many large companies requiring on-site attendance. Nearly half of all workers and nearly two-thirds of IT professionals felt employer pressure to return to the office by early 2025. Proponents expect higher productivity and better collaboration from in-person work, yet studies show remote workers can be equally productive and collaboration gains are hard to quantify. Cross-functional teams can gain clarity and speed during in-person architecture sessions, design sprints, and incident responses. Strict office mandates risk IT talent attraction and retention. Both in-person and virtual collaboration offer significant value, and IT workers value flexibility.
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