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Listened to an episode of the “The Daily” podcast on what they called hybrid malaise about 15 min ago. It was so obviously biased toward RTO I was yelling at th
by chasd00 3y ago
Listened to an episode of the “The Daily” podcast on what they called hybrid malaise about 15 min ago. It was so obviously biased toward RTO I was yelling at the radio and my wife had to tell me to calm down. Gaslighting was exactly what they were doing with things like “you’re not going to get promoted unless you go back to the office” and “when looking for workers to layoff the ones remote are the first to go “ etc. really pissed me off because some people will take the podcasters seriously and not see the manipulative motive behind them.
- 0l 3y agoAnd what exactly is the manipulative motive behind them?
- rwmj 3y ago(1) RTO can be used as an excuse to fire employees, especially the older, higher paid ones who moved away from city centres or are reluctant to move back. (2) People have investments in commercial real-estate, and forcing RTO is a way to profit from those investments even if it immiserates the workers (article discusses this point). (3) Cities offer tax breaks to encourage businesses to move, on the basis that the workers will use ancillary services (transport, restaurants, shopping, etc). If the tax breaks go that will negatively affect the companies. If the ancillary service businesses go that will negatively affect the city's revenues. (4) Bad middle managers feel they lack control if a worker isn't present.
- 0l 3y agoGood points, but I thought OP was saying that the NYT had a manipulative motive, and not the employers.