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Odd_Shirt_3556 t1_jb166ql wrote

Lets look objectively.

Leadership is back in the office.

Taxes are down in urban areas where most offices are.

Restaurants etc are not getting lunch crowds, again taxes.

Other employees who cannot telework are demanding some other perk or compensation.

People who rent space to the state are usually politically connected, they are losing rents.

IT is usually the easiest job to telework, and the industry is currently experiencing layoffs.

Whether legitimate or not, when the politicians aka the rule makers have to show up (albeit how little they do), then they are going to demand that you show up.

My opinion is the grand experiment is ending.

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xeio87 t1_jb1b9sk wrote

>My opinion is the grand experiment is ending.

It's funny because the "experiment" was a massive success, most workers are as or even more productive with WFH than they are in office.

Middle management is mad they can't micromanage anymore, so they're going to cost companies (and taxpayers, in this instance) money trying to force people back. Funniest part is they'll also probably lose some of their best employees, because only the worse employees with no alternatives are going to come back without a fight.

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pgh_ski t1_jb3fki9 wrote

Me personally I am way more productive at home. I'm a software engineer.

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Yen-sama t1_jb3fboe wrote

>restaurants etc are not getting lunch crowds

Nobody is obligated to patronize a business, regardless of where they work.

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Odd_Shirt_3556 t1_jb767k4 wrote

You are correct. But employees working at a location greatly increase the probability of those restaurants and other local businesses increasing sales. My point was that those businesses are not paying taxes like they previously have. If they earn less, then they pay less. The city or town where the offices are located count on the tax money to pay for services. The municipalities where state offices are located are undoubtedly lobbying for employees to be back in the office.

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