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> If you try to coerce other people according to your preference, you need an argument, as you would in any other context. You may think you're more likely to
by paulcole 3y ago
> If you try to coerce other people according to your preference, you need an argument, as you would in any other context.
You may think you're more likely to get your way if you have a compelling argument but history has proven that's not always true.
The argument is, "I would like this better."
> For reason, the RTO arguments are very bad. Is there some part the proponents can't say out loud?
No, I believe the part being said out loud is, "We prefer to work at a company where all employees are in office." That's all you need to say. The only people I've ever heard talk about water coolers are the dismissive WFH people.
- ResearchCode 3y agoIt has nothing to do with getting your way but working efficiently and with respect for the autonomy of your colleagues. That's a bad argument. Sounds like we should not work from the office then. What comes after the "I like making others work in the office, because"? That's the quiet part not being said out loud. I'm interested. That's not what I'm hearing or what you would read in an announcement for one the partial RTOs that have happened at some tech companies.
- theodric 3y agoThey exist: a managing director and an executive director at my last place of employment used the words "water cooler" on all-hands meetings among their justifications for RTO. "Coffee machine" was another variation. Swiss financial institution. I no longer work there, because I don't need to waste 2 hours/day on trains and buses just to spend my entire day on video calls with other international management. I'd rather raise chickens.