Them: We're forcing you to go back into the office because we believe work is more meaningful when employees are together and have a shared sense of comradery.

Me: So, unionize?

Them: No, not like that.

@theropologist BINGO!
Every argument for RTO is an argument for unionization. Solidarity forever!
WFH increases morale, retention, and productivity. At the same time, it reduces costs and tightens schedule.
ANY CEO demanding RTO is incompetent and projects his/her incompetence upon their employees.
If I was an individual investor, RTO vs WFH would be right up there with performance history. I know they are going to tank.
@Ralph058 @theropologist
RTO is because they are getting pressured from REITS and all the investor class to stop devaluing office space.
@JoBlakely @theropologist
I'm sure that is some of it, but it doesn't explain companies owned by European non-profits such as the Zeppelin Trust.
It doesn't explain companies that are expanding and own the buildings they are in.
It doesn't explain how some such as Apple couldn't force suppliers to lease the ring from them to keep their contracts.

@Ralph058 @theropologist
Even if you own the property, the property value itself is part of their assets. Many ‘non-profits’ like think tanks and churches use property and its value as capital and power.
This is why churches don’t build low income or cooperative housing for poor.
It lowers property values to a fair market, not a hoarded, scarcity one.

I don’t know about Apple ring or what it is but that sounds illegal even now. I am guessing there was a lawsuit?