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[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess in many companies that's the reasons why policies were intentionally made less flexible lately. They lower remote work because they want a certain percentage of employees to leave. During COVID many tech companies had a huge peak in demand and hired a ton of people. Now, as demand lowered, they're looking for cheap ways to get rid of the staff again.

IMHO it's not a smart tactic because you tend to lose the best employees first as they easily find a better opportunity elsewhere.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yep. A slow brain drain as all the smart people get jobs elsewhere while the ones who find it harder to move are stuck there.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I literally quit my last job because of shitty changes to policies that took away our freedoms.

I asked management why, and always got a different answer, so they were never telling anyone the true reason.

The true reason is they wanted people to quit so they didn’t have to pay severance.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I’ve also not taken work because of this, so it cuts both ways.