Return-to-office orders look like a way for elite, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees
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White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

Return-to-office orders look like a way for rich, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees::White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

    • AjenEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      Say it with me: I wasn’t born to work. I wasn’t born to produce. I certainly wasn’t born to keep old rich people rich. I was born to figure out my own purpose, not have it dictated to me.

      I don’t live to work, I work to live. But it’s disingenuous to say anyone with talent can easily find another job. Most workers don’t have nearly as much power as tech workers.

      • ZodiacSF1969English
        31·
        1 year ago

        Yep. There’s a lot of people out there who deserve more protections against employers because they can’t just get another job so easy, let alone be able to work from home.

    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      and the few who actually need the office structure (which are probably the same kids who did their homework Sunday night instead of on the bus home Friday afternoon).

      Speaking as someone who did their homework on the bus to school Monday morning, in study hall, and on Sunday night if there was a lot, I’m way more productive working from home because I can chunk out my work.

    • teruma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Sure, but second rate employees deserve workers rights too. We should at least be careful to not build our rights on their backs.