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EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

As an employee at a company that has asked people to come back 3 days a week, and forced those that couldn’t to “voluntarily resign”, I very much doubt this will happen at large companies.

Sure, many companies will shift towards hybrid models, taking smaller office spaces where needed, and letting people work remotely when they want…but RTO became a culture war of sorts rather than a data-driven benefit. To switch back after being so anti-worker would be admitting fault, which CEO’s rarely do.

Even if remote was the future, there are instances where I don’t see it working:

  1. If remote work is the future, what becomes of migration? Controlled migration is a huge boost for many cities that want the best and brightest to move there. Without a need for employees to move, either migration worldwide drops, or cities/countries find another way to bring people in.

  2. Big companies have a huge number of applications, and even if the likes of Google and Amazon say “fuck you, 5 days a week in office” you’ll find hundreds of people that’ll happily work there and be treated like shit. It’s not just tech either - finance, law, insurance, lots of industries that have tried to bring people back, and who have no shortage of people that’ll take jobs there.

I love working remotely, but I do appreciate that there needs to be a balance. The smartest thing to do would be to have smaller, shared offices for people that want a desk, and to set up “virtual locations” for tax/salary reasons for people that want to be remote. That way, people get the best of both worlds.

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