Tech, an Early Booster of Remote Work, Wants People Back in the Office

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22 points·thunderbong··9 comments

Does it, or is it just some tech companies?

I wish the media would stop treating the biggest, most notable orgs as the whole industry. They’re the tip of a very large iceberg.

Yes, not every company or every role is going to go 100% remote, but there’s been a seismic shift since the pandemic that isn’t going to be undone.

Coz those are the icebergs that move the needle in tech. Lots of the rest are Ruby on rails shops that are basically IT. They don't make groundbreaking products and they don't tend to last as long and certainly aren't the high paid jobs.

Reading these news, you can tell execs and board members of what companies are invested in commercial real estate. And we can understand them: they are so invested in tech stocks that they must diversify their portfolio.

It used to be we wanted to work for tech stsrtups so we could wear jeans and hoodies, and now we want to work there so we can be remote. Down with bloated enterprise greed

> "While surveys show workers still give priority to flexibility, their job prospects aren’t what they once were, tipping the scale back to employers and emboldening them to start pressing for facetime."

> "Shifts in the labor market have changed the landscape of remote work, Rowden added. “A year ago, it was easier to say, ‘I’d rather quit than return to the office.’ ”"

first they start ruthlessly firing people, then start forcing survivors back into the office.

https://archive.is/Y1IwY

No we don’t.

The irony

Only if you expect people running large companies (tech or no) to not be uptight control freaks.

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