Comment on WebMD forcing employees back to office. "We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point. We’re informing"

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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

People always say there are tangible benefits, but then rarely ever give any actual evidence.

Covid forced anyone who could work remotely to work remotely, and the economy went through the roof. Tech especially had some of their best years - ever.

I also want to call out that a lot of employees that were hired during the pandemic were hired out of region - in other states, across the country. Most “return to office” mandates are veiled layoffs hiding behind the need for employees to be in person for arbitrary reasons. By forcing them back in office they get to claim employees failed to show up for work, neglecting the whole “They work in Arizona and the job is in Tennessee” bit.

The brass tacks is that:

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