By omicron, employees would rather quit than go back to the office

Workers were more uncomfortable returning to the office in the first week of the year, making it more likely that they would consider quitting if their employer required them to do so, a sign that companies’ efforts to get their employees to work from The office, amid a surge in COVID cases, face stiff resistance.

The proportion of remote workers who would consider leaving their job if asked to return to the office before feeling safe rose to 55% as of Jan.6, up from 45% just a week earlier, according to the pollster. Morning Consult.

According to the survey, 4 out of 10 workers did not feel safe returning to the office, compared with 35% who favored doing so on December 30.

People are also less willing to want to attend indoor sporting events, go to the movies and go out to dinner, according to the weekly survey from Morning Consult in United States.

The findings come as Robinhood Markets Inc. said it would allow most employees to remotely work permanently, while companies, including Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., and Wells Fargo & Co. once again, they delayed their plans for employees to return to their desks, as the omicron variant spreads across the United States.

The increase has caused a staff shortage with millions of Americans reporting ill, in addition to those who have already quit, undermining the nation’s economic recovery. Employers are also not sure whether the Supreme Court will scrap the Biden Administration’s proposed rule requiring worker vaccinations or weekly testing, further muddying the workplace situation.

“When organizations don’t communicate effectively about what the future looks like, it creates uncertainty and can cause people to quit.“Said Jim Harter, chief scientist for workplace and wellness at Gallup Inc.”Matching what employers and workers want in the future is essential, because work will never be the same again ”.

About 40% of workers in 10 of America’s largest business districts were working from offices in early December, according to data from Kastle Systems, but that was down to 17.5% by the end of the month and stood at 28. % for the week ending January 5.