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The real reason for return to office
by candiddevmike 4y ago
The real reason for return to office
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoThey're not really subtle about it, no.
- anaganisk 4y agoI know of a startup that is incubated at an accelerator, and the only reason they had to be at the workplace was because they may lose seats if not occupied.
- dahfizz 4y agoDo you work for a landlord? Otherwise, the incentives here are the opposite. If landlords are defaulting, its because companies are getting rid of their office space. They are doing so because its expensive to rent office space; WFH is cheaper for employers.
- rideontime 4y agoI believe you've missed the parent's point: the push for return to office is motivated by the desire to save industries that are no longer in demand, like office space.
- coldpie 4y agoWhy would parent's company want to subsidize those industries? The logic doesn't make sense.
- maerF0x0 4y agoWell one reason is that much of the executive class colludes with each other in the short run, though ultimately they are competing.
- coldpie 4y agoI suppose that is possible. I think it's more likely that the company leaders genuinely believe RTO is beneficial for their companies, than that they're doing favors for the people they pay rent to to the detriment of their own company.
- maerF0x0 4y agoI've never understood exceptionalism beliefs in the executive class. Some common ones are greater productivity over 40 hrs of working, open offices, layoffs ... Anyone know why these ideas persist despite mounting evidence? During lockdowns it was really non-PC / unpopular to be "against the science/data" but for some reason its tolerable in business?
- coldpie 4y ago> Anyone know why these ideas persist despite mounting evidence? Your comment is a bit too abstract for me to reply concretely to, but my guess is a combination of the evidence being less compelling than you think it is, and confirmation bias on the part of company leaders.
- dahfizz 4y agoI believe you missed my point. Why does your company, who is making the WFH / no WFH decision, care at all about subsidizing the office space industry? It makes no sense.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoSomeone has to keep the matrix pods and hamster wheels in business. I for one welcome our human body warehousing overlords and hope to keep them solvent.