• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    Anyone who does not understand the sunk cost fallacy should not be in management.

    You’ve spent $x on office space. You can:

    A. Use it, and make your employees hate working for you or

    B. Let it go unused, and your employees are happier to continue working for you.

    The money is spent either way. The only difference is morale, which does in fact directly contribute to your bottom line.

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        23 days ago

        When you are locked in to a 3/5/10 year lease for the space, that’s not actually an option. Most leases signed pre covid should be up by now but clueless management probably renewed anyways.

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          22 days ago

          And the really big corporations own their buildings. You think the company locked into leases are mad? The companies who own the building are pissed! Some have a multi million dollar building that’s losing value faster than the speed of light.

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      23 days ago

      It’s nice to find the rant in your head written out. A previous employer of mine dropped two properties in favor of a store front.

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        23 days ago

        Step 1: Hire staff

        Step 2: Train staff to do job

        Step 3: COVID! Oh no! Everyone work from home.

        Step 4: ???

        Step 5: Fire staff to save money.

        Step 6: Profit.

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    21 days ago

    That’s so, so stupid… They really are the dumbest of morons. They lost money, so they waste even more money and make their best workers flee.

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    23 days ago

    We don’t even have the office space anymore for full RTO. If at some day too many people would go into the office some wouldn’t have desks to work on…

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      23 days ago

      Same here. A smart CEO wouldn’t force RTO, they would lease out that unused space or expand using those unused desks.

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      22 days ago

      Also, for those companies that love to position themselves as “green”, commuting is a horrendous waste of resources and a cause of pollution. My company preaches about how important it is to lower your carbon footprint, then institutes policies that increase carbon footprints by the tens of thousands and don’t even blink.

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    23 days ago

    Worked at Boeing, where you have 1990’s cubicles with 17" 3:4 monitors. I’m glad to he back in the office.