Paycom Business News

[CaptDave]

Imagining working for Paycom makes me think of the movie The Firm

They may be more like Lumon...... (you need AppleTV to get that one.)

[Libbymin]

I have a friend who works hybrid with Paycom and has said that they’ve announced today that they are making everyone return to the office five days a week. I’m sure they will lose some high skilled tech workers who will find hybrid or remote work elsewhere.

[jedicurt]

I have a friend who works hybrid with Paycom and has said that they’ve announced today that they are making everyone return to the office five days a week. I’m sure they will lose some high skilled tech workers who will find hybrid or remote work elsewhere.

it was down to only a few dev groups that still had any remote... pretty much everyone else had already been brought back full time

[bison34]

I have a friend who works hybrid with Paycom and has said that they’ve announced today that they are making everyone return to the office five days a week. I’m sure they will lose some high skilled tech workers who will find hybrid or remote work elsewhere.

Those types of jobs are dying. All the big tech companies are going back to office. This isn't exclusive to Paycom.

[jedicurt]

Those types of jobs are dying. All the big tech companies are going back to office. This isn't exclusive to Paycom.

they say dying now... the pendulum will swing back when they look at productivity numbers. every major study showed that the two least productive options were full in office and full remove. a hybrid was more productive in every scenario where the job could be functioned that way. this is still just the market swinging too hard back one way after the massive swing in 2020 and 2021.

[bison34]

they say dying now... the pendulum will swing back when they look at productivity numbers. every major study showed that the two least productive options were full in office and full remove. a hybrid was more productive in every scenario where the job could be functioned that way. this is still just the market swinging too hard back one way after the massive swing in 2020 and 2021.

Very doubtful it swings back, unfortunately.

[SoonerDave]

Very doubtful it swings back, unfortunately.

The real problem is the delusion that there is a one size fits all answer to the underlying issue. There isn't. Both sides are right and wrong at the same time.

[April in the Plaza]

I have a friend who works hybrid with Paycom and has said that they’ve announced today that they are making everyone return to the office five days a week. I’m sure they will lose some high skilled tech workers who will find hybrid or remote work elsewhere.

“Ask not what your Paycom can do for you, but what you can do for Paycom!”

[Mr. XXL]

they say dying now... the pendulum will swing back when they look at productivity numbers. every major study showed that the two least productive options were full in office and full remove. a hybrid was more productive in every scenario where the job could be functioned that way. this is still just the market swinging too hard back one way after the massive swing in 2020 and 2021.

Remote works great for some people, others use it as a way to slack off. We had rotating schedules at my job (state agency) and some of them just flat didn't do anything when they were at home. I couldn't believe how long they put up with it, but eventually they ruined it for everyone and remote work was cancelled for 90% of the office. I don't know why they didn't just punish the lazy and reward the efficient but whatever. I got to keep my rotation until Stitt cancelled it for everyone. Poor decision IMO.

[BDP]

The irony is that WFH was the tech industry's idea in the first place in the 90s, except they called it "telecommuting".

[CaptDave]

“Ask not what your Paycom can do for you, but what you can do for Paycom!”

Sounds like Lumon. I wonder if they have a Keir figure??

(If you haven't seen Severance, I highly recommend it. It streams on AppleTV.)

[Libbymin]

Remote works great for some people, others use it as a way to slack off. We had rotating schedules at my job (state agency) and some of them just flat didn't do anything when they were at home. I couldn't believe how long they put up with it, but eventually they ruined it for everyone and remote work was cancelled for 90% of the office. I don't know why they didn't just punish the lazy and reward the efficient but whatever. I got to keep my rotation until Stitt cancelled it for everyone. Poor decision IMO.

Yes this criticism of WFH that I hear from people doesn't make sense to me. If someone's sitting around at home noodling around and not working, then you should be able to know by seeing if they're getting their work done or not.

[FighttheGoodFight]

Yes this criticism of WFH that I hear from people doesn't make sense to me. If someone's sitting around at home noodling around and not working, then you should be able to know by seeing if they're getting their work done or not.

Yep. It's old school way of thinking. If someone isn't getting work done at home or in office you fire them. If you have so little oversight of what an employee does that you don't know if they are working you might need to rethink how your business operates.

I can tell you I got a lot more done in WFH days since the chit chat is completely cut out of my day. I enjoying being in office but there are definitely benefits to WFH.

[rte66man]

I would prefer the hybrid approach. I need to have face-to-face collaboration at times but most of what I do can be done remotely. As others have said, the slackers ruined it for everyone. Plus management won't monitor work production.

[jedicurt]

Remote works great for some people, others use it as a way to slack off. We had rotating schedules at my job (state agency) and some of them just flat didn't do anything when they were at home. I couldn't believe how long they put up with it, but eventually they ruined it for everyone and remote work was cancelled for 90% of the office. I don't know why they didn't just punish the lazy and reward the efficient but whatever. I got to keep my rotation until Stitt cancelled it for everyone. Poor decision IMO.

all of those in my department that slacked off when we went WFH for awhile were the same ones that slacked off in office. it was just easier to hide in office

and as for it not swinging back as someone else mentioned... it will. there is a limited supply of some of these positions. and for a company to truly grow and get the best people, they are going to have to look outside of their home office areas. it will swing back to a much more happy medium in a few years, otherwise the companies that dont, are going to find themselves without the best people.