• Storksforlegs@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t it significantly cheaper for most businesses to be run remotely? What is the pressure of returning to work coming from?

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      1 year ago

      It’s so much cheaper that my last job, which was a remote-first company, was able to pay to fly everyone and a +1 to an all-expense-paid resort for five days to do team building. All of that was cheaper than an office in SF where they were based.

    • ScrivenerX@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      It is!

      Most companies make BS solutions for fake problems. Not going to the office exposes a large chunk of fake needs.

      Do families really need two cars? If you aren’t commuting every day, probably not.

      Having more free time means people are more likely to cook and clean for themselves. Can’t make money off of that.

      How many suits do you need to own? None! You only owned them because you are supposed to wear them in the office.

      Dry cleaners? No longer a bill.

      Gas? When you aren’t sitting in your cities parking lot of a freeway isn’t bought as often.

      Speaking of parking lots, you aren’t paying for parking anymore.

      Daycare and dog walkers aren’t needed anymore.

      Going up work is expensive and companies want us addicted to these fake expenses.

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      1 year ago

      The portion of managers which don’t actually contribute anything to productivity don’t have much to do if everyone is at home.

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        1 year ago

        And the people who own the real estate (more often CEO, executives, board members than you might think) need their office buildings to maintain inflated values and collect those sweet, sweet lease payments.