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I have been surprised that environmental activists haven't protested return-to-office policies for the incident increase in pollution. Seems like there is very
by baryphonic 2y ago
I have been surprised that environmental activists haven't protested return-to-office policies for the incident increase in pollution. Seems like there is very little data backing up RTO other than commercial real estate sunk costs, and loads of costs like lost time commuting, energy used to commute, emissions due to traffic, etc.
- dalyons 2y agoDo executive feelings count as data
- solarpunk 2y agoWasn't this one of the reasons behind the Amazon walkouts
- Gibbon1 2y agoAt first I was for cars with higher MPG. Then I was for more mass transit. Finally I realized it'd be cheaper to move work closer to where we built houses for the peons to live instead of close to where the boss lives. Nothing closer than a home office.
- tehjoker 2y agothe lack of resistance to RTO from many political perspectives has been stunning tbh
- sahila 2y agoWfh sure seems like a negative in terms of measured economic activity - less gas buying, fewer coffee and lunch purchases and happy hours, and or course depressed commerical real estate, all leading to lower tax in take. Happy to see the political upside.
- tehjoker 2y agothe upside is its better for workers and the climate lol it also reduces the spread of COVID-19, which is an ongoing pandemic.
- floren 2y agoI know of one huge international pharma company with a site in South SF that is reducing conference attendance with the stated purpose of reducing emissions, while simultaneously requiring all employees to be on-site 3 days a week regardless of job function (yes, lab workers have to be in the lab for their work, but plenty of positions spend most of their time on video calls with other sites in Sweden, Netherlands, England, China, India...)