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A comment on Google's push to bring employees back to offices, some say they'll rather quit. Parent comment

Re:Google's push to bring employees back to offices, some sa... by justarandom on Friday April 30, 2021 @11:37AM (#26994833)
My company made a survey earlier this year about WFH. There was overwhelming support for it. Around 90 % want to work at least one day per week from home. A quarter want to work completely from home. Employer satisfaction went up a lot in 2020. Productivity, revenue, earnings and new hires reached unprecedented levels for the company.

Management went over this in the virtual all-hands meeting. They acknowledged all the reports - 2020 being "The Best Year for The Company, Ever", 2021 on the same road. Then concluded with: "We don't like seeing all that empty office space, so everyone will be brought back as soon as possible". I'm not paraphrasing - they literally said they don't like empty offices.

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Re:Google's push to bring employees back to offices, some sa... by krzepah on Monday May 03, 2021 @04:13AM (#27022713)
Direction out of touch with the importance of cultural well-being. At this point I'm not accepting talks with companies that do that and point them to their online onboarding and processes. If they are so lonely that they value what they see more than the work done then I have other companies and other priorities.
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