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Less traffic means statistically, fewer accidents, right? Fewer accidents means fewer deaths. So these companies just want us dead.

I predict over the next decade a lot of people are going to start flipping the script on these employers. Now that this genie is out of the bottle, it's going to be pretty hard to cork it again. Maybe for a bit, but it'll soon boil over. I mean some of this RTO is really just poorly disguised layoffs that the PR department doesn't want getting out. Or it's about control at the micro level. That's going to get figured out pretty fast.

Either way, smarter companies are going to use balanced WFH as a recruitment tactic (that could literally save them money), and I also predict the numbers are soon going to reflect that the next couple of years aren't as profitable for these guys that are dictating five days a week in the office, and their people are going to be far less satisfied. Might get away with it for a bit if the economy slows down, I dunno, it'll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

I work on a farm, so I don't have the option to work from home, but my god people who can should be allowed. I keep seeing people say "waaaaah I can't work from home so why should THEY be allowed to?!?!?!" and I hate that argument.

RTO is such bullshit move.

Meanwhile, these same companies forcing people back to the office champion themselves as being "green", conveniently shifting the cost of pollution to their employees, as though commuting is a personal decision.

I'm sure this is great for productivity and emissions and the health of our population...

All to try and prop up private businesses, pathetic.

I love working from home.

Even before Covid I worked remotely 1-2 days a week because it’s more productive.

The modern workplace with open offices is not suitable to keeping a ton of reference books and doing deep work.

Living the western dream, driving. I’m also stuck in a metal death trap for long periods of time every day. #fuckcars

Work in Montréal, live in suburbia, 20 years ago it was a 30 minutes commute, before covid it was 60-80 minutes, worst if snow storm, traffic jam is worst year after year. As a programmer, working from home is perfect, there is no change for me working in the office or at home, especially when I work for companies in BC, USA, Spain, name it.

Commuting does not make sense for some jobs where you are in front of your screen on the phone or Teams 8h a day.

I know someone who during covid found a remote job, and the company now has a 2 days in office mandatory, it takes the guy 2h the morning and 2h the evening to go there, it is insane...