funcoupons
WR Officer
11
๐Ÿ‘‘
A few different reasons.

- Old school and don't see the benefits/don't believe that work can be done from home.

- Micromanagers who want to be able to keep tabs on their employees.

- Some employees have demonstrated that they're not as effective working from home and their productivity/work quality is suffering.

- Exec is an extrovert and works best in the office and thinks everyone is like them.
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
Agree on all these and I am not saying no office ever again.ย  I completely work under a micro manager and for sure old school mentality. I wonder if the landscape has truly changed enough that it is just time to move on.
funcoupons
WR Officer
1
๐Ÿ‘‘
It's tough to work for someone with completely different mindset than you. Could be worth looking elsewhere, especially if working remotely is important to you.
Artemis
Politicker
6
Business Development Representative
I'm seeing the opposite, and wanting it too. As a BDR who started during covid, I desperately want to get back to being in the office. I find that the BDR position is so much better when you're around your colleagues, learning from each other, competing with each other, and just hanging out with each other. I think it really depends on what stage you're at in your career.
BCD
Politicker
2
BDR
It's interesting to hear you want to go back in your role. I started my first BDR job in the office, moved to my current role remotely and there is no way in hell you could get me to go back into the office and return to an office/the "BDR culture" way of doing things. I feel like my job is less miserable and feels less entry level than when we were in the office. WFH, for lyf pleaseย 
Artemis
Politicker
0
Business Development Representative
I work for a very large org, but the culture makes it feel very small. I'm a BDR and I've had casual conversation with our CCO and VP of Sales. It's created a really nice feeling of comradery and collaboration. And there's a huge emphasis on all new hires fitting that cultural mold. So I guess that plays a big hand in my enjoyment of the office!
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
1
National Account Manager
I do like the competing but we do anyways with other communications
CaneWolf
Politicker
4
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
One of my buddies said this best. "They don't want to be at home. Work is their lives so they want to make other people step to their beats."ย 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
๐ŸฆŠ
Boomer micromanaging garbage.ย 

Look at all that money they spend on unused real estate and say to you they can't afford to raise your pay.ย 

Miss me with that bullshit ๐Ÿคฌ
Annonny
Big Shot
2
Account Executive
There is no way I can work from home I would go crazy!ย 
CaneWolf
Politicker
2
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
Wait til you've been carrying the bag for a decade. I promise your tune will change.
Annonny
Big Shot
3
Account Executive
I've been working for over a decade lol. I'm aย  Workaholic and gotta be like outside my house lol
CaneWolf
Politicker
2
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
I stand corrected and apologize.
Annonny
Big Shot
1
Account Executive
Hahaha no worries I'm just a different breed haha
TheFemaleWolf
Opinionated
1
Director of Sales
You and me both, @Beefany28ย ! I have to be outside the house. Hate feeling like I'm on an island.
Annonny
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
Haha yes! I say I feel like I am trapped in a fish bowl!ย 
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
1
โ˜•๏ธ
ROI doesn't apply exclusively to buying software. Execs also what ROI on things like their real estate investments. They got that big office in the right building for "you"...so you better be using it!
SADNES5
Politicker
1
down voters are marketing spies
I think that they think you're at home slacking. Which isn't the case. But they are reflecting what they would do.ย 

They want people in the office, so they can go coast to useless in person internal meetings, so they can say "not right now, I'm very busy"ย 

I feel for you. Stay Strong. Eventually we will be CEOs/CCOs... bide your time.ย 

If they are finance backgrounded, ask what the ops costs are for the building, and if we went remote/hybrid how much less sqft they'd need and you can realize the savings usually into a significant number.ย 
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
I like the question to ask, thanks!!
Prizrak
Politicker
1
Disruptor of worlds
I've been in the office most days since Covid. I do wfh occassionally, but I like being downtown.
Justatitle
Big Shot
1
Account Executive
- you learn from others more easily in an office setting.
- theyโ€™re paying for an office space and they expect you to use it
- they donโ€™t trust you even though youโ€™ve WFH for the past year.

SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
It is the trust that burns me
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
I donโ€™t blame there because thereโ€™s an aspect of comfort when you see someone is working, itโ€™s easy to assume someone is slacking off unfortunately. Wouldnโ€™t take it personal itโ€™s just human nature but I do hear you
PayMeInSteak
Valued Contributor
1
AE
TEAM
PayMeInSteak
Valued Contributor
0
AE
CULTURE
TheFemaleWolf
Opinionated
1
Director of Sales
At my company it's been a clash of old school meets new school. Proud to say we are more progressive than I thought and COVID really forced the issue. Some leaders inside the org are still rigid on in the office at X time and back by X time daily, but we've put metrics in place to earn flex by both tenure and performance.

I think @funcouponsย is spot on. A few bad apples ruin the bunch and they worry productivity will fall off. Also leadership is a bunch of extroverts (myself included). I love team culture and remote is isolating for me. I have to check myself a lot to remember not everyone operates this way.ย 
SaaSbod
Contributor
1
Sr Sales Account Exec
Because you don't demand otherwise. Nut up during all-hands or any other meetings, surveys, etc. Or find a company that respects you as a human.
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
1
National Account Manager
you have some good points, i will be sure to nut up
SaaSbod
Contributor
0
Sr Sales Account Exec
Actual testicles optional, no sexism implied. :)ย 
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
ok I will grab my tits and go, hahahah
justatopproducer
Politicker
1
VP OF SALES -US
You could work for a micromanager possibly. Could be to build comradery within your team. I know when I lead a team of inside sales reps it was helpful for them to hear me on the phones, and I could hear them and help make changes in real time. Much less of aย  learning curve for the new people.ย 

But if your team is tenured and doesn't need babysitting, sell the office and pay me more is my motto.ย 
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
i think a hybrid model of some sort could work for this, downsize the office space and allow flexibility.ย 
nomdeguerre
Executive
1
Account executive
Many managers are control freaks, and when you are working at home they lose control and it drives them crazy.

Also, many managers simply don't think you are working if they can't see you.
AinslieStreet
Politicker
1
Sales Consultant
I think it makes them feel like their job is important when, in reality? We all know that we do fine without them over our shoulders.ย 
LukeF
Politicker
1
Client Executive
Comes down to control..
sfdc
Catalyst
1
Sales Manager, Enterprise
Because theyโ€™re sick of us dropping into the warzone for 8 hours a day and are keen to see us pick up the phone againย 
JuicyKlay
Celebrated Contributor
0
AM
Because they donโ€™t want to be at home with their stepford wives anymoreย 
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
Yikes, sounds like you have some history.ย  Maybe it is their stepford husbands at home?
Theloanemperor
Opinionated
0
Loan Officer
Because they're obsessed with control and they want to see that you're working - as if being in the office will stop someone from slacking any more or less lmao
ounceoz
WR Officer
0
US Sales Director
Old school mentality that can't imagine you being productive without seeing you.
jwils
Politicker
0
Sales Manager
They want the guarantee that you're working.
revenuehunter
Executive
0
Global Enterprise Sales
Another reason is the Fear. Now that everyone is working from home, performers are at all time high productivity, and that's visible across the board. And the fear is losing the hold, juniors getting promoted and a lot more that can happen. And the fear of being non-essential headcount in the org is something even more.ย 
SalesSage
Valued Contributor
0
National Account Manager
totally agree and I think the ability to box someone into or out of movement is a huge part of this, again falls in the micro management bull shit trap.ย ย 
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