There's not a single person involved in this letter - reader nor writer - who is confused about what this is actually about. Companies would rather not have an

There's not a single person involved in this letter - reader nor writer - who is confused about what this is actually about. Companies would rather not have an employee than have an employee who has leverage over them, even if having them and paying them is objectively better for the company's outcomes. It's all about power. And forced RTO is always about shadow-layoffs.