The share of workers being called back to the office has flatlined, suggesting remote work is an entrenched feature of the U.S. labor market.
  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    281·
    1 year ago

    Right now, and it’s been this way for a while, the labor market is favoring the workers, so employers had to keep WFH or lose workers. It’s surprising that the person writing this article missed that as also a long term trend.

    I suspect that now that the economy is cooling, the demand for labor will also cool, power will go back to the employers, and you’ll see less and less full wfh positions.

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
      201·
      1 year ago

      What indicators are there the economy is cooling? Genuinely asking because I thought we just got a great report about economic growth at 5.2%, which is the fastest quarterly rate in 2 years. I know the interest rates are high, but people are still spending.

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Us job growth is down, inflation is down, jobless claims up, consumer spending down…pretty much every indicator over the past few weeks has showed the economy cooling. The 3rd quarter ended in September.

  • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
    192·
    1 year ago

    Companies hiring for my career are having a hard time finding skilled employees for anything other than fully remote.