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UnusualEntertainer15 t1_j9rvqf8 wrote

Commercial real estate owners and service industry around these complexes are lobbying for returning back to 2019 ASAP, but it isn't that simple, especially for IT/Tech industry. Hard to justify keeping these people unhappy, stuck in traffic, doing less work than if WFH just so the offices are used. Interesting times!

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Immortal_Tuttle t1_j9t06az wrote

That's actually the case in Ireland now. As a lot of members of parliament are landlords and have shares in office buildings, there is strong lobby to get workers into the offices ASAP. Funniest thing - not all companies. Some companies found WFH as business solution to grow, they are keeping their own office buildings for people that actually want to come to work (Irish people are very social), but they are openly admit that WFH is the answer for company growth.

What makes me really unhappy is that we have a housing problem. We have people with 60k+ salaries living on the streets. One of the office buildings was converted to accommodate Ukrainian refugees. Why others cannot be converted like that, beats me...

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Vindelator t1_j9ux2xj wrote

My boss's company is doing a multimillion-dollar renovation of our building while our work force is remote. Meanwhile, a raise wasn't in the budget during last year's record inflation.

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