• @roofuskit
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    1111 month ago

    They know, and don’t care. Because this quarter’s earnings went up by reducing expenses.

    • @Chocrates
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      131 month ago

      I agree that they don’t care, but how does return to work cost more?

      • @roofuskit
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        It’s a soft layoff. They’re purposefully cutting workforce without taking on the liability of a layoff. What costs more is keeping those workers who leave because of RTO.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    581 month ago

    I’d rather get a new job than have to buy a whole-ass work wardrobe

    • FenrirIII
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      41 month ago

      Finding a new job is hard though, especially in tech. Most companies will under pay college grads or import workers.

        • @_stranger_
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          41 month ago

          practically everywhere. I have friends all over the industry and all of them, brilliant engineers, are finding the competition fierce. Everyone is looking around.

    • Flying Squid
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      21 month ago

      To be fair, virtually every job I have been applying for lately says casual dress. Although that might just be a UK thing?

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        51 month ago

        WFH casual is wayyy more casual than the most casual office casual.

  • @[email protected]
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    421 month ago

    The workers who are very skilled know that they have options and can tell their current employer to shove it knowing they can pick up a different WFH job fairly easily.

  • HubertManne
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    251 month ago

    This is some water is wet stuff. Tech places know they can grab the best talent from across the country or some decent local talent if they want the office thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      141 month ago

      Even more then that, if they change the deal on people like this, people who have options will be the first to leave. And the people who don’t, either because of a visa or lack of skill/confidence, will be the last to leave

      They’re literally selecting against their most capable talents

  • @sumguyonline
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    211 month ago

    Return to office is literally a hail Mary play. Covid sent us all home, now the corporate real estate is tetering on collapse because no one needs office buildings. By any means necessary. DON’T GO BACK TO OFFICE! The office buildings will eventually be turned into rental apartments because the owners are desperate for money! Make them spend the inevitable government bailout on retro furnishing their buildings into apartments so the rent can finally drop, and people earning 70k a year with no debt can afford more than a 2bedroom apartment while being unable to save. Also blackrock will lose…a LOT of money, which just makes me really happy as a person.