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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by MuffinFlavored on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:49PM (#34839483)
> Decisions by leadership are not significantly influenced by what the data shows.

If it isn't productivity (or morale) driving their decision on "putting their foot down and demanding no work from home", what is it? I don't believe it's some simple reductionist "they're evil and want employee control" narrative.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by Xcelerate on Friday February 17, 2023 @02:53PM (#34839589)
> If it isn't productivity (or morale) driving their decision on "putting their foot down and demanding no work from home", what is it?

Unfortunately, my background is in data science. I would say the field of psychology is better suited to answering that question.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by tsgagnon on Friday February 17, 2023 @03:05PM (#34839763)
I don't believe it's some simple reductionist "they're evil and want employee control" narrative.

Remove the "they're evil" part and I don't see what's reductionist about it being about "having more control over employees"?

That to me sounds like a very likely explanation.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by JohnFen on Friday February 17, 2023 @03:44PM (#34840285)
I don't think many people are ascribing it to maliciousness. What it looks like to me is a combination of two things:

1) Working in an office full of people is what they personally prefer, and

2) They have large investments in physical infrastructure that they need to use.

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by MuffinFlavored on Friday February 17, 2023 @03:50PM (#34840365)
> 1) Working in an office full of people is what they personally prefer

Why does it matter what leadership prefers/why do they prefer it if 80% of their employees are saying "I'd rather work from home / going into the office in inconvenient for me / I'm just as productive at home"?

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by JohnFen on Friday February 17, 2023 @03:57PM (#34840463)
It shouldn't matter. But it does matter because ultimately, they're the ones with the decisionmaking power.
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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by sinity on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:18PM (#34843530)
> I don't believe it's some simple reductionist "they're evil and want employee control" narrative.

Why, exactly?

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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by nikau on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:29PM (#34843911)
My theory is it makes people less likely to job hop - its much easier to schedule job interviews when working from home and you aren't drained from a daily commute.
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Re:Amazon will require employees return to the office 3 days... by dalyons on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:29PM (#34843908)
because it's genuinely better for the way THEY work. ie, meetings with people 100% of the day, dropping in on people, status checks, etc. Standing up in front of rooms of people presenting and feeding off the energy. Leadership is blind to the fact that thats not how regular employees work. Or just doesnt care, in office is better for them personally and thats all that matters.
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