When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr's return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company's Brooklyn office but instead was required to report to one in Los Angeles, where Rosenthal's department was assigned. This doesn't make sense and there's no way this will happen, Rosenthal thought. But it did happen. And two weeks later, Rosenthal realized that desp

And buried in the middle of the article:

“He and his colleagues believe that the company’s move was the result of workers’ decision to unionize.”

  • NotGeorge@lemmy.zip
    9·
    1 year ago

    It would make sense if the executives making the order to return to the office also have commercial real estate portfolios.

    • severien@lemmy.world
      72·
      1 year ago

      Then it would be just moving profits from one pocket to another.

      IMHO it can’t explain the industry trend.