Nicole Duncan, CEO of CR Commercial Property Group commented
Work from Home (WFH) has become a norm across the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the employees liked the idea of working from the comfort of their homes without the need to go to the office. However, a Sydney businesswoman thinks otherwise and calls those working from home “selfish”. news.com.au informed of.
During a call to a commercial radio station on Monday, Nicole Duncan, CEO of CR Commercial Property Group, described herself as “passionate about people returning to work”, adding that “this generation is just selfish”. She said she spent years commuting to the office on public transportation and believes Millennials and Gen Z workers should do the same.
“In our younger days, we used to take trains, buses and ferries to go to work. Yes, it may take two or three hours, but you have to be in the office. You don’t know what you don’t know, and until the CEO decides … it’s not going to change,” Ms. Duncan said.
He further criticized the companies allowing WFH norms and accused them of harming local businesses.
“The hotels are hurting… business travel is down, they do it all on (Microsoft) Teams… the cleaners, the people who make your coffee, lunch, all that kind of stuff. We want a vibrant city for visitors to come, and it needs to look busy, it needs to look lively, it doesn’t need to look slow and disorganized,” she said.
In the wake of COVID-19, ‘Work from Home’ has become the new normal for millions of employees around the world. However, now that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, many people are returning to their offices permanently.
However, companies in Australia are having difficulty convincing employees of all ages to return to the workplace on a full-time basis. A 2020 Stanford study It was revealed that remote workers were 13% more productive than their in-office counterparts.