This outcome in inherent in a hierarchical organization and distribution of managerial power.
Managers hold in the workplace the decision making power.
They are held responsible for the results of their team, or teams.
They will then naturally want as much control as possible, to maximize their influence over the progress to these goals - for it is their neck on the line - and that means having people in the office.
Once Covid passes, back in the office workers go.
This outcome in inherent in a hierarchical organization and distribution of managerial power.
The Soviet economy faced this exact same problem when-ever an effort was made at decentralization - it meant the managers held responsible for meeting plan targets no longer controlled (or controlled less) the direction of the factories and farms and so on,that they were responsible for, and so they fought it tooth and nail. The fact that centalization as a whole absolutely did not work made no difference to individual managers, because they were still being held responsible for meeting plan targets, had their bonuses and promotion prospects based on meeting or exceeding those targets, etc.
If you have a hierarchy, and you distribute managerial power via that hierarchy, and then set goals and rewards to the managers, why on earth would they do anything to lessen their control of the part of the hierarchy below?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
