Worker forced to return to the office despite doing all their calls on zoom in the office anyways

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    "Now, I work from site doing the exact same thing I did from home..."
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    Forced to RTO and do my job remotely from the office instead of at home. I've been WFH for the past 4 years, everything has been great. The company has been toying with the idea of going full RTO for the past year, putting out several polls to our staff to see how many would be willing to return.
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    80% of the staff said they would not be willing to return. In actuality, we only lost 50% of our total workforce, so the executives say it was a success. We are talking about hundreds of people who now need to be hired and trained to replace the ones who left. Needing to re- hire half of our entire staff is seen as a success by these people.
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    Now, I work from site doing the exact same thing I did from home (managing employees in other states via Zoom), except now I'm sitting in an office by myself all day and don't ever see any other employees in person except if I go to the cafe or restroom. My coworkers all sit in their own offices and do the same thing. There are not even any in-person meetings because our teams are so spread out across the country, we have to meet virtually so everyone can be included.
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    This serves no purpose other than for management to maintain their perceived control of their staff by oppressing their freedom. I really don't want to participate in this anymore.
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    StolenWishes · 5 hr. ago • This serves no purpose other than for management to maintain their perceived control of their staff by oppressing their freedom. Apparently 50% attrition wasn't enough to teach them a lesson. Help do your part to make that number higher.
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    repthe732 2 hr. ago It's because it's what they wanted. They wanted to cut their workforce without having to pay unemployment. Now they get to replace everyone with cheaper options and they don't care about the people who will need to pick up the slack because most of the remaining employees showed they'll do whatever they're told
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    • Unlikely_City_3560 · 4 hr. ago The push to return to office is mainly about real estate (office buildings and such). As companies who normally rent office space reduce or eliminate office space it lowers demand and buildings stay empty, this causes defaults on the loans and mortgages, and coporate real estate is currently selling at a 90% loss.
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    If they can make you go back to work they can preserve the status quo for their rich friends. Also, they can hire back new staff at a lower rate. It's a game of chicken between the working class and the 1%, the outcome of which will destroy lives and potentially crash the real estate market.
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    spiritfingersaregold 5 hr. ago . edited 4 hr. ago The push for RTO is literal insanity. The only logical reason I can conjure up is that companies are willing to put a dent in their bottom line in order to effectively deflate staff wages/salary by hobbling. them with commuting costs and stealing their time.
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    Maybe they consider an increasingly burnt out and desperate workforce an ideal scenario that they're happy to pay for. But experience tells me they're not capable of the foresight to develop and execute such a plan. It's far more likely that they're motivated by internal politics and the unwavering certainty that naturally results from staggering incompetence.
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    Mdamon808 · 2 hr. ago We routinely have team Zoom meetings and we are literally all sitting in our offices that within 25 feet of each other. I don't understand how someone can insist that we use a remote collaboration tool to have a meeting with people on the hall as them. But they don't think that we can do the exact same thing from home.
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    John1The1Savage · 3 hr. ago I'm sure they would not have done RTO if they weren't intending on getting rid of the big chunk of people anyway. If they're publicly traded, a mass layoff would have a big effect on their stock price. But a bunch of people failing to RTO has far less. gosumage OP 2 hr. ago. Private company. They were not intending to remove them. They are replacing everyone who left with the same wage.
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    i_likeit_loud . 2 hr. ago I'm currently looking for a new job because my company is doing exactly this. I actually wouldn't care too much if I went in for a purpose, but I can't get over the fact that I'm going in three days a week just to fulfill some dumb corporate agenda

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