Re: And the other half will bugger off…
I'm sorry, but the actual out of touch people are those that think you can have a running business with stay at home employees. This remote work thing was an experiment made for the whole COVID thing. But actually, employees are just using that as an excuse so they can sit at home and draw a paycheck, while sipping coffee.
Yes, I'm aware how "old-fashioned" it is to actually have to drive to work. And I'm also aware that I would prefer to make money from what I do at home (I'm an Amazon KDP novelist). But at the end of the day, I have a broken keyboard that has more to do with Windows software (on Linux, it works just fine) that actual breakage. And I can't replace the computer because Windows has become increasingly user-unfriendly. Forced updates, planned obsolescence, there are how tech businesses are out of touch. A typical user living in the country like me, doesn't want the latest thing. They want the compatible thing. They are fed up with forced changes and new computers pricing them out. They are fed up with COVID hysteria and want to get back to work without asking if they've been vaccinated or not, without asking about masks, video conferences, or any of the rest. Are you aware of the cost to the typical taxpayer of setting al this stuff up? And to be honest, if you aren't actually present, you can't personaly see what is going on at the office. You can only see a small part of the room, while you sit and sip coffee, and pretend to be invested in the company. Perhaps the rest of the room has shabby walls, or a leak in the ceiling. But you don't know (or care). Just guzzle down coffee. Why even stay home? Go set up the video conference at a cafe, and while the boss actually has to use their office, you go eat eggs Benedict.
You have no office building, eventually your business scatters. That's a symptom of being out of touch. When you completey don't know what your employees are doing because they aren't present. Hell, you could even have an employee who doesn't want to work, who manufactures internet "downages" whenever asked to do something hard. "Oh nooo, my video is freezing up!" I'm sorry if you guys think personal connection with a boss is obsolete.