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The workers won't have a lot of leverage in the end. Especially in tech, it has been shown that companies can do fine with much much fewer employees. Corporate
by seydor 3y ago
The workers won't have a lot of leverage in the end. Especially in tech, it has been shown that companies can do fine with much much fewer employees. Corporates can use RTO as an excuse for further belt-tightening as needed, even if most workers end up (over)working remotely. The office has truly no reason to exist anymore, but as long as capital is still concentrated in a few cities around the world, it will have leverage
- lolinder 3y agoI think it's way too early to call either way. There are a lot of companies that have embraced remote work post-COVID—my own company is about to start a massive downsizing of their NYC headquarters, for example—and I believe that these companies will have better outcomes in the long run by respecting their workers' dignity. We'll see which way it goes over the next few decades.
- bratbag 3y agoAnother growth period will see that leverage flow the other way again.
- candiodari 3y ago"it has been shown that companies can do fine with much much fewer employees" Has it? Twitter has lost most of its employees ... AND most of its income. I doubt this makes for a net positive for them.