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[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

A hard truth is that if you see an executive pushing return to office, you know one of two things about them. One of the following is true.

  1. They are terrible at finance and don't understand the sunk-cost fallacy. They have to keep using that building they bought; they've spent so much on it and simply can't bring themselves to sell it.

  2. They're a sexual molester. They're someone that uses the power of their position to coerce sex out of their employees. Fucking their employees is their primary motivation for not retiring early right now. You can't coerce your secretary to give you a blowjob over Zoom.

That's really it. They're either bad at business or they're a sexual predator. If you see an executive pushing return to office, be sure to ask them which one of these they are. Because they're definitely one or the other.

[-] unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago
  1. Tradition.
  2. Belief that work-from-home is less efficient.
[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

So

  1. They're morons and terrible at business.
[-] unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago
  1. Remote didn't work as well for the company.
  2. Remote didn't work as well for any number of people at that company.
[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Found the executive.

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Those are both covered under 'bad at business'.

[-] mister_flibble@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Honestly I think your first point is just a subset of something larger and even more basic - "we've always done it this way. Change is scawwy. Different bad. Are you implying I was wrong before?" Etc.

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