I’m surprised share holders of a lot of big companies aren’t demanding WFH. Office space is one of the larger chunks of overhead for a company (not just the space but utilities, supplies, maintenance/cleaning).
My guess is as leases are coming to an end that companies will definitely think twice before signing when WFH is an option.
My current job has us in the office a few days every 6-8 weeks and if it went to anymore than that the majority of the team I’m on would quit. It’s pretty easy to find work right now with unemployment below 4%
Because office space ‘overhead’ was solved for decades ago. The same shareholders of a company own shares in at least a dozen commercial real estate companies. Their bottom line goes up when a company rents or owns commercial property. It doesn’t matter if ProductionCo loses 10% revenue a year, RealEstateCo gets at least that much plus all more if they own the surrounding buildings all the restaurants are in that support the office.
Capitalism, contrary to popular belief, does not optimize for economic efficiency, just profit; and as it turns out profit has little to do with efficiency if you zoom out of any one particular company.
This. The office, the restaurants, the gym, the local stores? They’re all owned by the same capitalists, and they want you spending your paycheck there. This is about converting the limited hours of your life into wealth for the rent-seeking bourgeousie: it’s still the same company store. It just has a different name.
We got bought out by a holding corp and none of their holdings are real estate. All tech. We have been 100% wfh and a bit back they closed down the smaller offices but now they are dropping most all of them. Even the main office is being shuttered but they said with that one they are looking for a smaller space but at least for awhile I believe we will have no US offices.
I mean… I’m sure it was shocking to see the bull and horn show roll down the road… but I’d have just laughed it off as hilarious… not ever considering calling 911 to have the poor dude pulled over.
Who does that? Also… would have loved to see the cops face when he had to walk up to the car! Hahaha 🤣
While I probably wouldn’t get involved…. That guy is a menace to society driving like that.
The bill probably weighs half the weight of the car. And the car is certainly beyond weight capacity. It’s structural integrity is also compromised in an crash.
Those tires are certainly not rated for the load, either, and worst case scenario in a crash, that bull is going to go flying, not die and become the kind of road hazard that gets people killed.
And what happens if the gate thingy fails and falls open on a highway? What Happens when the bull shits all over the car/truck/whatever behind them and causes that driver to crash?
If the driver is dumb enough to think this was a good idea… what else is he up to…?
In all seriousness, MLK Jr. style of mass protesting and boycotts. It will be tough to sell such an inconvenience, so getting that ball rolling seems very difficult.
Hey so one of the things i learned in college as a CJ major is that cops often make lateral moves in their career from one department to the next.
I bet small town departments like this only get the amount of recruits they do so they can get hired with “small town standards” and then transfer to the big city they couldn’t hope to pass an interview with.
“Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr, have helped with the fundraising around the legal defense fund created in July, which is intended to support legal costs of Trump’s associates and has begun to see financial pledges, the source said.”
Everything should be fine, the people who steal from charities are in top of it
This would feel less gas lighty if they were just open about micromanaging, their 10yr commercial lease, keeping up appearances for older clients or whatever. Instead they say the most laughable shit
“What we’ve found is, people have enjoyed coming back to the office,” says Zoom’s Chief People Officer Matthew Saxon. “There is a buzz. There’s something about being able to go have lunch with your teammates.”
Like mother fucker 90% of people eat some sad meal prep shit at their desk.
The worst is when someone comes up while you’re eating and is like “hey you have a minute?” and then you have to say no fuck off as professionally as possible.
My bet is that in 2 years we’ll see a stark devide in talent in traditional Vs remote first companies with the latter getting pick of the litter so to speak.
This is already happening. Remote roles are getting the cream of the crop while in office roles are getting the left overs.
People that are good and know it are not applying to in office jobs. Why would they sacrifice an additional 5-10 hours a week for no more pay and shitty open offices?
I mean the problem isn’t even ‘no more pay,’ you are paid less if you work in an office. All the resources you use to commute cost more money than internet, which you’re paying for anyway if you’re alive in current year. Why would you willing take a pay cut, commit yourself to 5-10 unpaid hours of commuting, and ensure that you produce worse work and are less productive and producing that work while working in the most mentally and emotionally draining environments to ever be devised?
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