Are companies who insist RTO is helping productivity correcting their data to account for the non-zero cohort of employees who are probably badging in, attending a meeting or two via video call, and spending the rest of their time in-office applying for remote jobs?

Do you have a link to the data you're referring to? I'd love to check it out and save it.

I feel like there's tons of articles all over the place that continuously pop up on Linkedin but here's some examples: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intent… (c)

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The Return to Office Harms Productivity

In an ever-evolving business landscape, the conventional wisdom surrounding office work is ripe for a thorough reassessment. Recent studies, including Atlassian's "Lessons Learned: 1,000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian" and Hubstaff's detailed analysis of remote work productivity, provide compellin

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I thought there was a specific post I reposted on Linkedin but can't find it.. There's too many stuff to complain about lol

Here's one Linkedin post that touches upon different aspects of remote work: linkedin.com/pulse/compelli…

✅ The Compelling Data For Remote Work

Compelling evidence based data for remote work. Arguments and insights covering the benefits of remote work from various academic research and reports.

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At this point I have to believe that all RTO policies are in place to get rid of staff without paying severance.

IDT that was the main impetus but it's definitely a big bonus for these companies.. There were some that gave up on real estate bc of the pandemic, but most companies seem to have the mindset of "sure we'll hemorrhage our best workers, but the REAL ESTATE !!!" Priorities~

I saw a good post about this the other day on Bluesky that made the point that taking the more immediate loss for longer term/future gains is just incomprehensible to these people lol Short-sighted thinking is so prevelent in everything these days

Line must go up!