“When you give employees optionality to opt into something, it drives greater engagement and buy in. When you force people to do something, it actually creates more discontent,” MongoDB’s chief people officer Harsha Jalihal tells HR Brew.
Prudential’s VP of culture and inclusion, Nya Patel tells HR Brew that the company’s Work from Anywhere program gives employees more flexibility.
“We can’t just bring people back to the office, and changing nothing else, assume that all of a sudden we get collaboration, or all of a sudden we get connectivity,” a McKinsey partner tells HR Brew.
Lacking space and employee resistance continue to halt many return-to-office plans.
“We really felt strongly that whatever we did, ensuring that it’ll give employees as much as possible choice was really important.”
This might further complicate the RTO debate.
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