The company has joined rival energy company Origin in linking office attendance to annual bonuses and performance reviews.
Already a subscriber?Employees of power giant AGL risk having their bonuses cut, and performance reviews marked down if they fail to come into the office at least three days each week.Origin Energy and financial services firms such as ANZ and Suncorp Group
“Just as we consider individuals’ alignment with our values, policies, guidelines, and procedures, working in alignment with our flexible and hybrid working expectations considered as part of an individual’s performance evaluation.”The $5.9 billion energy giant has required office-based staff to attend the office at least three days a week since December 2022, but the company only linked compliance with this rule to performance reviews this January.
Aaron McEwan, vice president of research and advisory at consultancy Gartner, said he didn’t expect the practice of linking bonuses to office attendance to become commonplace, as this would make it harder for companies to meet their diversity, equity and inclusion objectives. But union leaders have suggested remote workers should be paid more to offset rising heating and electricity costs and because employers can save money by downsizing their offices.as companies shed jobs in response to a cooling economy.
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