Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure for some

Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by mahrain on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:20AM (#38083641)

Commercial real estate is under huge pressure and seems to have hired major PR firms to turn the tide...

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by catapart on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:24AM (#38083676)

Ha ha! Yeah, I haven't read it yet, but that headline is just hilariously "corporate". It's like these people have never met the people they're trying to convince.

[edited after reading]: okay, well nothing new there. Unrelated studies, implied as relevant; studies they claim show connections (maybe? it's vaguely worded) but don't provide links to; quotes from gen-z that don't necessarily mean what it's implied they are saying; the same old drum-banging about having 'mentors' around you to chat with, or having coworkers to go out to lunch with, just proving that those companies aren't doing remote work correctly. Nothing new here worth diving into, at all!

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by jimmyk2 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:43AM (#38083911)

Par for the course for business insider.

Remember “quiet quitting”? BI articles overwhelmingly had the tone that these lazy workers were gutting businesses.

I think they just write articles to coddle middle management.

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by Yizahi on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:43AM (#38083916)

Does it mention the "exchange of ideas near the cooler" for the full bingo?:)

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by catapart on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:50AM (#38084016)

Ha! Looks like they dodged that specific bullet. But there's plenty of that vibe to go around!

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by shinjitsu on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:39AM (#38083864)

large cities seeing erosion of their tax base are also hiring PR firms I think

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by nickpeterson on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:26AM (#38083707)

Everyone in commercial real estate keeps hoping for a return to pre-covid work patterns, but it isn’t going to happen. Not paying thousands/millions a year for a location is a huge advantage.

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by gadflyinyoureye on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:00AM (#38084141)

It is, but it should often be compared to the loss of tax breaks to have the building. Many large companies got deals because they would bring X number of workers to the area. Those deals are predicated on reports about building utilization. Cities overlooked those reports during covid, but now care. So you might have a $10 million dollar building (that you can't sell), but you are now also liable for $1 million in taxes because you broke your deal.

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by test6554 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:03AM (#38084197)

Didn't I just read about a bailout for commercial real estate recently?

"Biden admin launches $45 billion dollar push to transform empty office space into housing"

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Re:Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure... by Kye on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @09:43AM (#38084703)

If it'll make them stop wasting more than that in people's lives forcing them back to work, it's a bargain.

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