80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans

Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by MBCook on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:08PM (#37095905)

Don’t forget that a lot of offices are leased for many years or even purchased/built.

Do you know what looks REALLY bad? A giant fancy office with five people in it.

Better force people to fill it up. We are stuck, we spent the money, can’t have it look bad.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by ekianjo on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:42PM (#37096125)

Who cares what it looks like. Sunk cost fallacy

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by MBCook on Friday August 11, 2023 @10:40PM (#37096457)

Executives who dream of big fancy offices?

Workers certainly don’t.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by ornornor on Saturday August 12, 2023 @12:48AM (#37097141)

Maybe they could hire all these movie extras who will soon be replaced by AI generated alter egos and be out of work?

Everybody wins: extras get to not be homeless and pay their bills, companies look busier than ever, extras can act whatever fantasy management wants to show off, offices have some kind of purpose again, we get to work wherever we like and do actual work… What’s not to like?

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by petre on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:17AM (#37097522)

That would totally be a thing in Japan where you can pay people to act like they are your family.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by rs999gti on Saturday August 12, 2023 @10:21AM (#37100475)

Bernie Madoff staged busy trading floors to fool auditors and investors, so this is not far off the mark

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