Bosses admit that return-to-office mandates were meant to make staff quit

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As the COVID-19 pandemic came to an end, a number of large companies pushed for their workers to return to the office five days a week – a policy that prompted many employees to «quiet quit» in protest. 

That may have been exactly what their bosses wanted to happen.

New findings published by Bamboo HR show that about one-quarter of vice presidents and C-suite executives implemented return-to-office (RTO) policies with the hope that it would trigger «voluntary turnover» among their employees. Additionally, about one in five HR professionals said their in-office policy was intended to make workers quit.

This suggests that RTO mandates are really just «layoffs in disguise,» Bamboo HR said in the report. 

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About 28% of remote employees said they would consider quitting their jobs if their companies required them to be in the office on a daily basis.

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Yet the policy may not have been as effective as some bosses hoped. About two in five managers, directors and executives said their organization enacted layoffs in the last year because fewer employees than they expected quit during a return-to-office push.

Getting employees to quit by enforcing an in-office policy also appears to have backfired in some instances, according to the survey. 

Nearly half of employees surveyed at companies with RTO policies said their workplaces suffered significant talent losses due to the policy. 

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