2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies
theregister.co.ukTwo in five techies quit in the past year because their employer didn't offer requisite flexibility with respect to hours, location and the "intensity of work."
The findings come from a survey of 26,000 plus staff that operate in 35 markets, including 2,548 respondents in tech, and fly in the face of more and more corporations issuing return to office mandates and demanding long working hours.
Amsterdam-based recruitment biz Randstad, which commissioned the research, says 40 percent of the tech people it polled said they resigned due to hardline policies, and 56 percent threatened to seek an alternative if their requests for flexibility were ignored.
Almost three-quarters claim remote work boosts a "sense of community" with colleagues – versus the average of 58 percent across other sectors – and 68 percent say they'd trust their employer more if they were more easy going on hours, the intensity of ...
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