@jay to me, these are signs of a company in decline. I don't see this as an attempt to boost company performance or morale, but instead as a way to pressure more people to quit without having to pay severance.

It gives execs cover to blame stock perf on low level workers not being in the office instead of top level strategy/vision. They still might be able to fool the market for 5+ years (sell real estate, lease it instead, optimize $$ per q, etc).

Sad for the workers and customers, if true.