A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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I guess they should enjoy the consequences of their actions like... regular people do?
Or maybe these bosses just aren't good at what they do. After all, they wasted millions on real estate and empty desks. Shouldn't the shareholders be demanding new leadership?
We don't even have the office space anymore for full RTO. If at some day too many people would go into the office some wouldn't have desks to work on...
Same here. A smart CEO wouldn't force RTO, they would lease out that unused space or expand using those unused desks.
Convert to apartments
Make profit
Tada!
I agree this is what should be done! Though it is surprising challenging to convert an office building to an apartment.
One issue, for example, is that the plumbing and electricity lines tend to be located on one end of the building. If you want to convert it to apartments, you have to reroute all the plumbing.
In the US, there are also rules about the number of stair cases. That’s why many apartments here are long and flat buildings of 3-4 floors rather than taller, taking up less space.
I think some of them are also doing it for the tax breaks they get if they pump a bunch of employees into the local area's economy.
And we all know how difficult is is to get companies to voluntarily give up free tax money from the government. It's like trying to take drugs away from an addict.
Corporate "Welfare Queens"
I thought it was because they couldn't make friends & wanted to force people to be around them.
How was this not obvious when the panic set in with the pandemic.
It's never about productivity, it's always about increasing value.
Worked at Boeing, where you have 1990's cubicles with 17" 3:4 monitors. I'm glad to he back in the office.
So does that mean you guys are gonna start doing actual work on the new planes, or…?
Sorta. It's going to take 8 weeks for me to get a box of pens.