It seems that the brief period where demand vastly outstripped the supply of workers in many sectors (2021-2023) really terrified the leadership of many companies. Workers gaining a sliver of leverage is clearly something they are working to quickly remedy. And for unionized jobs, the current administration just paralyzed the NLRB so the tide is turning back to the status quo or worse.
Is there some sad group chat where all of these CEOs are discussing talking points and sharing feelings about demands for efficiency and return to the office?
Yes, it is called the Board of Directors group chat. CEO of one company is on the Board of another.
America's boards today feel empowered to suck the life out of employees. A mere 30 years ago, this would have been considered cruel by the boards of them at time.
If people want to truly counter RTO efforts they need to stop focusing on the ways it negatively impacts them personally and start focusing on real ways that RTO creates a negative impact to the organization. Your CEO and leadership doesn’t give a shit about you individually, they care about the aggregate organization.
If you can’t articulate how it negatively impacts the organization to their satisfaction you have lost the battle before it’s begun because your organization gets to set where the work they pay for gets performed.
Also bear in mind that unless you work for a tech/software only org, there is a good chance that many to most of your fellow non tech/knowledge worker employees have to go to a place other than home to perform their job.
Many HNers have the same problem as Karl Marx and can't fathom most people are not high functioning high agency people working out their self actualisation through a job of their choosing.
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America's boards today feel empowered to suck the life out of employees. A mere 30 years ago, this would have been considered cruel by the boards of them at time.
If you can’t articulate how it negatively impacts the organization to their satisfaction you have lost the battle before it’s begun because your organization gets to set where the work they pay for gets performed.
Also bear in mind that unless you work for a tech/software only org, there is a good chance that many to most of your fellow non tech/knowledge worker employees have to go to a place other than home to perform their job.
To collaborate with an offshore team over a video call.
That is such an ageist take.
"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says remote work was a big mistake for tech" - https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/openai-ceo-altman-calls-...
And if you think Altman is an isolated case: "Boss of Uber rival Bolt vows to crack down on remote work to stop ‘insanity of people working from Bali" - https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/24/uber-rival-bolt-remote...
Villig is 31 and Altman 39.