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People always say there are tangible benefits, but then rarely ever give any actual evidence. (Note the CEO in the video said the exact same thing and then also did not provide any evidence backing it up, unless you count someone drawing a graph on a whiteboard in an "up" direction evidence)

Covid forced anyone who could work remotely to work remotely, and the economy went through the roof. Tech especially had some of their best years - ever.

I also want to call out that a lot of employees that were hired during the pandemic were hired out of region - in other states, across the country. Most "return to office" mandates are veiled layoffs hiding behind the need for employees to be in person for arbitrary reasons. By forcing them back in office they get to claim employees failed to show up for work, neglecting the whole "They work in Arizona and the job is in Tennessee" bit.

The brass tacks is that:

• Employers pay sometimes by the decade to rent office space and are annoyed that it's sitting empty and
• Bad managers don't know how to manage if they aren't micromanaging their employees. Good managers have no problem managing remotely.
• It's an easy way to cut costs by forcing people working out of state to quit while claiming they were never fired.