stop making the conversation about work-at-home about productivity

eliminating non-essential worker commutes means less fossil fuels wasted

remote policies increase access for disabled people, especially with chronic illness that flares

LGBT folks and PoC experience less bigotry and it's easier to report bigotry when they do

do some people want hybrid? do some people want on-site? sure

but stop pretending the discussion was about productivity or what employees want

it's about real estate portfolios

@deilann it's hard for people to grok this without understanding how corporate boards of directors work, which is an incredibly boring topic for any real human person with an actual life, but basically every corporation answers to their board, and every board is filled with rich guys with huge investments in commercial real estate who now suddenly find those investments pretty much worthless unless everyone has to go back to the office, so, guess how workplace policy gets set