This is not reality. The guy signing the checks has leverage, end of story. It doesn't matter who is shouting louder, the pen won't move.

Let's see if the CEO fires half his workforce then. If not, then he must have less leverage than you think.

He doesn't need to fire half his workforce all at once. That would be crazy. There's natural turnover.

There's plenty of guys who will write me checks to chill from my home.

Unless someone will sign a check for remote work - as is happening now.

Arbitrage is never a permanent opportunity.

sure it is. it's the essence of the job market.

Labor creates. Always has, and always will.

That capitalist check-writer? They can't do. That's why they hire.

It's never been easier to be a check writer, money printing with wreckless abandon, venture capital throwing money at anybody with a pulse.

This is what a market with an oversupply of check writers looks like.

And more to the point, there will be a capitalist check-writer that *will* accept 100% remote work because it will get labor to sign up with them.

Reminds me of a LinkedIn post from a CEO that said they watched the "Return to Work" notices being hated online from competitors, and he'd send recruiters to employees recruiting and using remote as a reason to jump.

Worked really well too.