A lot of money is being spent propagandizing this point, and guess which side is doing it?
There’s a lot of value tied up in commercial real estate and some of the largest real estate firms will get soaked if those offices aren’t occupied and paid for.
The thing is, capitalism almost always makes the wrong short term decisions to result in long term results, so instead of adapting to the problem we are at the stage that the value holders will burn themselves quite a lot to cling to forcing everyone back to the office.
And a LOT of people are susceptible to propaganda.
The data is in: Return to Office policies don't improve employee performance or company value, but controlling bosses don't care ( www.businessinsider.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10481867...