Even months after tech company Dell pushed its strict return-to-office policy barring fully remote employees from promotions, its workers still refuse to come back to in-person work.
Almost 50% of Dell’s full-time U.S. workforce and one-third of international employees have continued to work remotely, according to internal data from the company, Business Insider reported. Unless these employees return to the office or Dell changes its remote work policy, they will not move up the ladder.
Remote workers were willing to defy company policy because the perks of staying at home simply outweighed what they believed working in person had to offer.
“The more time I have to spend in the office, the less time, money, and personal space I have for all of that,” an employee told Insider. “I can do my job just as well from home and have all of those personal benefits as well.”
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