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Home working: French companies pushing employees to return to office
FRANCE 24 English
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9/23/2024
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Jean-Philippe has not set foot in his company for two months, at least not physically.
00:06
I have a virtual office here.
00:09
The 30 employees at his workplace work from home 100% of the time.
00:14
They have even implemented an application for virtual interaction.
00:18
For example, if I want to talk to my colleague, all I have to do is move my avatar over to Ben's desk.
00:26
Which he admits can't replace all benefits of time spent face-to-face, and his routine is not the status quo in France.
00:34
In 2023, one in five employees worked from home, but only 24% did so three or more days per week.
00:42
And most employees only work remotely once or twice a week.
00:46
For some employers, they hope to see it disappear altogether.
00:50
Last week, global tech company Amazon ordered staff back to the office full-time.
00:55
And other leaders, such as the head of French cosmetic company L'Oréal, are vehemently against 100% remote working.
01:02
Views that are not shared by most workers.
01:06
They don't like the arbitrary constraints.
01:10
It's becoming less and less acceptable to ask an employee to come in when they're going to spend the day video conferencing.
01:17
It is even the main requirement of some candidates for recruitment.
01:22
They ask questions like, what is your remote working policy?
01:26
I think it's hard for companies to be competitive if they don't offer the flexibility.
01:31
Conditions that aren't inclusive of the whole workforce, given many cannot work from home at all due to the nature of their job.
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