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'Go back to work or risk losing your job': Major drive launched to get people returning to the office

Ministers warn that continuing to work from home could make staff ‘vulnerable’ to being sacked

I had to laugh when I saw this report [0]

  “Clearly people should be going back to work because it is safe to do so. There are already problems with workers’ mental health. It’s not just about hard-nosed economics,” the report said, citing a Cabinet minister.

The idea that this is not a purely economics-driven initiative and that the government gives a flying fuck about the mental health of the working population is so beyond farce as to be an insult. How stupid do they think we are?

[0] https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain...

basically, (a) no actual office worker believes the government line on this (b) the employers - who are actually paying people to work from home - don't believe the government line either

>How stupid do they think we are?

what's the phrase? "A person is smart, people are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it"?

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