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If they lack trust in their workers, they can replace them, no?

Especially if they don't force everyone to come to the office and hire remote workers.

Win-win

Why would they trust the replacement workers any more?

It seems like the real problem then would be that managers don't feel like they can evaluate trustworthiness without in-person interaction or a pantopticon.

No, the real problem is that for the most part, they can’t evaluate trustworthiness and use in-person interaction and a panopticon to cover up that fact.

Pretty much. During the pandemic one of the first things the company I worked for did was install extra invasive tracking on our laptops.

The bullshit rationale, the fact it interfered with doing my actual job and the creepy vibes I got were one reason why I quit.

Im almost certain theyll try to drag people back in.

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