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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] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He needs us more than we need him.

he should probably let that sink in.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

I worked at a national company of some fame for nearly 20 years. They have two main offices, one in the midwest and one in New England. Before COVID, it was common for folks to work from home, spread across the United States. We even had some fringe cases where people lived in England or Japan and worked from there. I don't work there anymore, but I hear post covid they are forcing people to move and work from the office. It really is leadership brain rot, everywhere, regardless of industry.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"I'll be in the office when Elon is in the office."

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[–] [email protected] 153 points 1 month ago

Neither of these assholes have ever had a real job. Not even a high paying real job.

Billionaires are a problem.

[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 month ago (15 children)

As someone who was mostly remote since 2015 I’m pretty confused

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remote since 2014... People are crazy

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Clearly you're living a life of luxury and privilege unlike ordinary hard-working folk like... (tries to keep straight face)... Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Doing drugs and shit-posting is hard work.

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

Don't forget all the effort he put in for years to not scream from the top of his lungs that he's a nazi. It's tough, I bet he even broke a sweat.

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

stupid control freaks. Because controlling of their employees is what RTO is about, control and paranoia.

They are stupid paranoid control freaks who fear that their neat buildings stand empty and they cant just throw work at their wage slaves. So this is actually about control, paranoia, and vanity.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The stupid thing is I actively do less work in the office.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Almost all desk work should be ad hoc.

Get your shit done. Then do what ever until there's more work to do.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That and they don't understand how to manage people remotely.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

So their reasons is control, paranoia, vanity, incompetence when it comes to remote management and their undivided devotion to the American Dollar.

^something^ ^something^ ^spanish^ ^inquisition^

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

One of the benefits of working from home has been that my manager can no longer use standing staring at me as his main means of judging whether I'm doing work. The whole business of needing to see people working just smacks of shitty management.

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[–] [email protected] 274 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Billionaires need to be taxed out of existance.

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

At least until everyone has homes, food, healthcare, freedom, and education.

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

naw. keep the tax around, keep them from coming back.

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[–] [email protected] 152 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's certainly one of the two ways.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Elon is probably only carrying that child on his shoulders all the time now as a human shield.

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