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  • Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom President-elect Donald Trump appointed to lead a new government efficiency team, said they intend to call federal employees back to the office five days a week.
  • Companies such as Amazon and The Washington Post are adopting a similar policy in 2025.
  • But many companies will keep remote or hybrid work arrangements, largely because they boost profits, economists said.
  • Some view return-to-office mandates as a stealthy way to reduce employee head count.
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

HE'S WORKING FROM FUCKING MARALAGO FUCK YOU

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Musk and ramoswamy are foreign invader trash and they should go back to exploiting their own shitty countries. Fucking scum. Deport these counts or throw them in a detention center with no toilet. MAGA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ramaswamy should be shipped back to his dalit homeland

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

He's a terrible human being, but I don't think he deserves to be sent back to Ohio.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The company I work for is pushing almost all of IT to WFH so they can get rid of all the office space they're renting. It actually kind of sucks for me because I don't like working from home.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Give it a some time. I didn't like it the first 3 months. Now I'd never go back.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

You mean the "privilege" of working from home so tech CEOs could make billions of dollars?

Obviously billions of dollars is just the result of hard work and not a privilege at all.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Covid - the best times of our lives

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If COVID was the best, just wait till bird flu gets here.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They probably won’t lock down again. It will be full steam ahead for the economy. Keep throwing bodies into the burner.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

All hail the Economy. We must sacrifice the plebs to make sure the Economy continues to award those at the top.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

I’ve been working remotely long before the pandemic and I will continue to do so - I’m far from being alone in that. Also, we are still in the “covid-era”, we just collectively decided to pretend we aren’t.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What i don't get in all of this: There are already companies that did go out of business because too many people just left, due to them not being able to do WFH. Personally, I do like going to the office 1-2 times a week, but even I would leave the company if the got rid of WFH completely. There's near full employment everywhere, especially tech companies already have to go the extra mile to get people to work for them. Why would anyone stay at a company that does not do WFH, if that's one thing they got to enjoy?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This is why they're also fighting for those visas. They want to hire people but don't want to pay US wages. And when your residency depends on your employment, you're going to be much less likely to call out bullshit or whatever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

These large tech companies are relying upon their brand to keep talent. Amazon and the rest all believe people will put up with shit to have their company listed on someone’s CV.

Or it’s all about quiet layoffs.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rip Disabled people I guess.

And this is coming from the same peoppe saying “just get a job”.

You gotta provide accomodations my guy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they re-invent Aktion T4 and kill all the undesirables. It's just much more efficient, you know?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I like the freedom to watch the kids remote work brings, but I hate the loss of concentration that having kids "at the office" (home) brings.

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