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> … McDonald’s asked them to work from home from Monday through Wednesday so it can deliver staffing decisions virtually, the report said.

That seems kindof scummy: It seems to me that, in general, companies are trying to move away from work-from-home. To use 100% work-from-home, and deliver layoff notices in such a way, strikes me as mean.

But maybe McDonald's corporate is a strong work-from-home company? I admit I haven't researched it.

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I assume they, like many large businesses these days, don't really know where their employees are at any given time. Better that everyone is working from home so they can run some orderly layoff process in a consistent manner.

The pandemic and WFH exposed how little most corporate employees really do and how unnecessary most of them are. I expect a lot of big downsizings will be happening over the next year or two. Why now? It takes a while to turn a big ship.

Don't have to hire security to escort everyone out if they're already home.

Also don't have to worry about somebody going postal at the corporate office.

This is the real reason, they don't want people to coordinate anything, and they don't want employees spiting the company and leaving with valuable info.

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