I've witnessed the slow decline and implosion of two companies so far who denied this.
It starts slow, but inevitably what gets them is the lack of access to the talent they need.
They end up hiring D-grade staff (sorry) who are the only ones who will accept non-flexibility.
Sure, D grade companies can make this work, they'll always be D grade or worse. And cutting edge A-grade companies may well be able to enforce staff being on-site. Everyone is making a pro/con calculation. But for the B and C grade companies (the vast majority on the Bell curve), you're either hiring the best you can, or you're not, and if you're not... then you're falling back in the race, and, inevitably bye bye, baby ... at least to your company vision.
I've witnessed the slow decline and implosion of two companies so far who denied this.
It starts slow, but inevitably what gets them is the lack of access to the talent they need.
They end up hiring D-grade staff (sorry) who are the only ones who will accept non-flexibility.
Sure, D grade companies can make this work, they'll always be D grade or worse. And cutting edge A-grade companies may well be able to enforce staff being on-site. Everyone is making a pro/con calculation. But for the B and C grade companies (the vast majority on the Bell curve), you're either hiring the best you can, or you're not, and if you're not... then you're falling back in the race, and, inevitably bye bye, baby ... at least to your company vision.