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Probably because everybody else is. If they've over-hired, they can fix matters a bit or if they're very good/careful with HR they can prune some deadwood. Or, it's just part of the plan to break the back of the WFH movement, thus removing worker agency.

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> Or, it's just part of the plan to break the back of the WFH movement, thus removing worker agency.

Put the peasants in their place - business justification is just rationalisation

This is an interesting take. Basically an authoritarian crackdown to shut down a nascent worker rebellion before it really takes off.

As someone working at Microsoft I can actually say that they have continued supporting WFH and if anything are actually leaning even heavier into WFH-facilitation (at least in my division) lately. It’s been a big success for enabling cross-office cooperation and is seen as a pretty valuable differentiator vs SV-corps. I believe for the longest time, even when the stock and comp wasn’t so hot, Microsoft had a reputation for “the place with with work-life balance”.

I hope this is true. I also hope that any company bringing jobs that could be WFH into commuter-land again would STFU about climate actions. Unless their staff is walking to work, they're wasting time and stressing the environment so people can be seen rather than be effective.

That sounds great actually - I hope it continues.

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