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Re:Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut ... by ren_engineer on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:21PM (#34915925)
whole thing makes no sense, just feels like leadership is flailing. Is RTO just sunk cost fallacy due to these big companies having spent billions on real estate and fancy buildings? There seems to be minimal benefits to mandating it, it shrinks your talent pool, makes employees less efficient due to commute, forces you to pay more in tech hubs, and makes you spend more on office stuff. The only benefit is the completely non-measurable "improved collaboration" metric
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Re:Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut ... by Ancalagon on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:03PM (#34916428)
Makes perfect sense if they’re trying to downsize without paying severance/unemployment.
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Re:Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut ... by timeless102 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:12PM (#34918137)
If they don't come it and don't resign themselves, then I assume google would fire them in which case they would get severance? Is that how it works? It's only an issue if the people who wfh resign then they would not get severance/unemployment?
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Re:Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut ... by Ancalagon on Thursday February 23, 2023 @08:28PM (#34919468)
In the case of not coming in it’s kind of a gray area right now. Some stipulate failing to come to the office would be a failure to perform and so the employee would be fired without severance but still be able to collect unemployment.

People who resign would be quitting on their own accord and would not be able to receive neither a severance nor unemployment. That’s why resignations are probably Google’s ultimate goal.

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Re:Google tells employees to share desks as it looks to cut ... by ElfinTrousers on Friday February 24, 2023 @09:28AM (#34924791)
I'm sure that everyone that Google would fire because of this would receive at least the severance prescribed by law: nothing.
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