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Sir Jim Ratcliffe is 'absolutely right' to tell Manchester United staff to return to work in offices, says Simon Jordan.
The Athletic report that United's co-owner has ordered non-playing staff to return to their Manchester and London offices in order to end its culture of working from home.
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Businesses across the country saw many employees begin to work from home as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
But former Crystal Palace owner Jordan believes it's integral for staff to work in the office and has applauded Ratcliffe for his decision.
When host Jim White read the news on White and Jordan, his co-pundit said: "Get in there Sir Jim, absolutely right!"
Jordan went on to explain: "Every grown-up knows that you get more effectiveness, more development of culture, more work ethic, more diversity of thinking, more diversity of experience if people are in a workplace.
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"Those who don't think that, they are the ones who want to work at home because it suits their lifestyle, and that's fantastic. Life is like, I suppose, a bit of a poop sandwich, the more bread you make the less poop you eat.
"I normally use a different word there, but you see I've adapted it for the radio...
"You go to work to be successful, to have a better life out of it,.
"There is no doubt in 95 per cent of professions that in order to achieve outcomes that develop the individual, to meet their expectations of the work environment and of course the business' expectations of them, being present, where you can be monitored, trained, engaged and focussed on and have work disciplines, rather than ordering a Domino's pizza, scratching your nuts and waiting for the Amazon delivery.
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"That is not what the most sensible businessmen think is the way to operate.
"Well done Jim, because you need a culture and absolutely right, that shows the grown-up thinking going on... football should not be immune from it.
"Disciplines, focus, culture, outlook, work ethic, motivation - boom, it starts from there."
White then claimed it won't make a struggling United side better on the pitch, but Jordan insisted: "No, but you're building an overriding asset inside every aspect of the football club.
"So if the culture is right... every window that you look at Manchester United through should be the vision that Manchester United wants you to have of it.
"That should mean that your players should have the right work ethic, the right culture, the right disciplines, your manager should have suits that fit him and your commercial staff should be in the business, running the business properly and effectively. Well done, Sir Jim Ratcliffe."
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He later added: "If you're self-employed you can do what you want but if you work for me, get your backside into work, thank you very much."
Whilst Ratcliffe eyes a restructure of the working staff culture at United, he is also set to oversee change with the playing squad.
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