Reality Check: Kansas City Metro Doesn't Want To Go Back To The Office

Actually . . .

There's no going back.

Sadly . . .

WHITE COLLAR WORK IN KANSAS CITY NOW TAKES PLACE AT HOME!!!

COVID excuses might not work . . . Now we're merely talking about talent pool issues. 

And let's make things really interesting with a not so fun fact . . . 

Hardline bosses who demand employees show up at the office MIGHT find themselves losing out on quality workers amid a widespread brain drain and staffing shortage.

To our readers . . .

The genie seems to be out of the bottle . . . Is there any real way to move backwards???

Here's a sign that the effort to put people back in offices isn't working . . .

"Now, the Overland Park-based engineering firm is ready to transform its “Working in New Ways” model to more of a hybrid after the first of the year, CEO Mario Azar said. 

The move is receiving a bit of blowback from professionals who were under the impression that the virtual model had become the new status quo."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link to a paywall report that might actually be worth it . . .

Black & Veatch will launch three-day-a-week hybrid model for employees - Kansas City Business Journal

In a move to offer collaboration and more in-person connection, the Kansas City engineering firm is implementing a hybrid work model after the first of the year. CEO Mario Azar says that having such contact "is about who we are."