White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

  • Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think it can be both commercial real estate holdings, seeing what Big Tech and other prominent CEOs are doing and following their lead, and a way to cutt staff without official layoffs. (Since many people will quit rather than RTO since they no longer live close.to the office, or because they are close to retirement, or they take another position that is WFH or hybrid. I day this because those of some of the reasons my coworkers have quit rather than come in 2 or 3 days a week.)

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      1 year ago

      Except that work is more than just tech companies and there are other industries with retention issues and they are still trying to get people back into the office because of coordination and training issues. In some cases, they have been far more aggressive than tech companies in this regard.