Mike ShewardFeb 27
the same people demanding you get back to the office to better collaborate in person as only humans can are the same people desperate to replace everyone with some code that runs on a server in ohio
Show threadDarwin Woodka

@SecureOwl

"I want you here where I can tell you what to do and watch you do it but I also want to replace you with a machine."

Feb 27 at 6:39pmWeb
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 27

@darwinwoodka @SecureOwl

The real reasons:
1. "Back to the office" is a covert way to get women with children to resign.

Affordable childcare is very hard to find because it's a high exposure job (covid, measles, etc) thanks to RFK's antivaxxers.

2. Men don't want to change the toner in the printer, plan staff events, tidy the bathrooms, wash their coffee cups, or make coffee for the team.

All that "invisible work" that women in the workplace are expected to do.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240313-invisible-emotional-labour-women-in-workplace

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'The extra shift': The unpaid emotional labour expected of women at work

Women largely bear the brunt of invisible workplace responsibilities. The work is taxing – and uncompensated.

BBC
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 27

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3. Commercial leasing is collapsing.

https://fortune.com/2024/02/13/commercial-real-estate-development-office-building-remote-work/

https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-office-occupancy-faces-black-hole-remote-work-says-green-street-2024-03-22/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2023/03/05/how-remote-work-has-affected-real-estate-values/

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/work-from-home-wipe-out-800-billion-office-values

4. Fossil fuel industry wants long commutes.

https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/benefits/employees-want-commute-expenses-covered-in-exchange-for-office-return/484425

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/90percent-of-companies-say-theyll-return-to-the-office-by-the-end-of-2024.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/opinion/elon-musk-remote-work.html

5. Municipal revenue from traffic enforcement collapsed. Traffic fines are a tax on commuters.

https://tj.news/new-brunswick/beefed-up-traffic-enforcement-could-give-cities-cash-minister

https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/23/utah-traffic-fines-speeding-tickets-report/

6. AI is a threat to hang over worker's heads for wage suppression & mass layoffs.

‘Office is toxic’: Cranes disappear nationwide as commercial real estate crunch hits downtowns

“Office is toxic. A lot of people had their projects based on low interest rates, and today that actually just doesn’t pencil.”

Fortune
Show threadNicole ParsonsFeb 27

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"Don't ask for a cost of living increase to your salaries or we will AI your job."

https://americancompass.org/mutual-disadvantage/

https://equitablegrowth.org/how-artificial-intelligence-uncouples-hard-work-from-fair-wages-through-surveillance-pay-practices-and-how-to-fix-it/

https://americancompass.org/the-other-southern-strategy/

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/ai-is-an-attack-from-above-on-wages

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ai-isnt-taking-jobs-but-it-may-be-limiting-pay-growth-study-finds-06bc0277

Mutual Disadvantage - American Compass

Why predatory investment and labor suppression are a poor long-term strategy.

American Compass