Meanwhile, managers who felt they had less leverage during the prolonged hiring shortage now feel they have more power in negotiations with employees, especially when it comes to office attendance, says Kathy Kacher, president of Career/Life Alliance Services. Kacher has been advising companies on their return-to-office plans.
Kacher continues: "Now, faced with this shaky economy, I think organizations are going, 'Okay, good. The bosses are back in charge. Now we can say what we really want.'" "If executives like having people in the office, it feels like the safest time in three years to communicate that," Vroman adds. "And if leaders at big companies are adjusting their return to office policies, others will see that and think, 'I can do the same.'"More RTO requirements could trigger another wave of the "great resignation."