Whether to continue working from home, adopt a hybrid model, or completely switch back to working from the office is a dilemma in which many companies are at present. While various companies have expressed their opinions on the issue, the views of an Australian real estate firm's CEO have drawn ire on Twitter.
Nicole Duncan, CEO and Managing Director of CR Commercial Property Group in Sydney, Australia,?placed the blame for the slowing economy on the shoulders of?"selfish" remote workers who refuse to return to the office.
She slammed remote?employees?as selfish during a call to a commercial radio station earlier this week, the New York Post reported.?"In our younger days?we caught trains, buses, and ferries to get to work," she said.
¡°This generation is just selfish.¡±?¡°Yes it did take two or three hours, but you¡¯ve got to be in the office,¡± she said.
Duncan?also described how young people working from home were negatively affecting local businesses. Duncan explained that fewer people working from the office meant business travel was reduced, hotels suffered, while office cleaners and cafeteria workers also lost their jobs.
"Hotels are suffering ¡ there¡¯s less business travel, they do it all on (Microsoft) Teams¡ªcleaners, people who make your coffee, lunches, all of those sorts of things," she said. "We want a vibrant city for visitors to come to, and it needs to look busy, it needs to look vibrant; it doesn¡¯t need to look slow and rambling."
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Many?Twitter users criticised the Australia-based CEO for her comments. Here's what some users tweeted as a reply to her slamming the younger generation who are working from home.
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