Employers’ plans to return to the office, already strained by concerns about the spread of the coronavirus and the demands of an emboldened workforce, are now colliding with the pressures of inflation. From the New York Times.
The cost of a daily routine — travel, coffee, food — is far pricier than it was when offices shut down two years ago. Consumer prices were 8.5% higher last month than they were a year earlier, the fastest 12-month inflation rate since 1981. While office occupancy has crept up to its highest level since March 2020, above 40%, some workers have experienced RTO sticker shock.
The talent shortage has boosted pay, but not enough to keep pace with inflation; wages grew 5.6% in the last year. Some employers said they were planning to give raises, recognizing that their workers could easily be poached. OrderMyGear, for example, an e-commerce platform based in Dallas, another city hit hard by inflation, recently tripled the budget it had allocated for compensation increases in previous years.
She noted that some workers her company had placed were now seeking short commute times to manage costs, and some companies were offering gas cards, transportation vouchers or ride-share options. ManpowerGroup has received five times as many comments from workers saying rising costs were affecting where and whether they worked as it did in the same period last year.
On a recent Thursday afternoon, leaving her Dupont Circle office in search of a sandwich, Jacobson tried to quiet her nerves as she prepared to ask her boss for a raise. Companies are trying to head off the clashing forces of inflation and return-to-office expenses with attempts to make transportation and food more affordable. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted in its recent Consumer Price Index that the price of food at workplaces had declined even as broader meal prices went up, most likely a sign of companies’ “widespread free lunch programs.”
“My food bill is really different from not going into the office, not grabbing coffee,” said Melissa Yates May, Cambium Learning Group’s head of human resources. “It’s helped a lot of employees manage their finances better.”
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