Facing a shortage of municipal workers, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has softened his stance on remote work and is looking at the possibility of hybrid work for city employees.
While private sector jobs have recovered — and then some — compared to their pre-pandemic numbers, the public sector is a different story. Worker shortages are an ongoing issue.Even Adams, who's been a strong proponent of the return-to-office, needs to reckon with the new reality of an ultra-competitive job market and offer more flexibility to workers who increasingly have other options.
"If you have a shortage of some type of worker in the private sector, you'd do a signing bonus," she said. You can't do that in government roles, which are often constrained by union contracts. New York City has been facing higher than usual attrition rates as workers are leaving for the private sector — where there's often higher pay and more opportunity for workplace flexibility,
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