Economists say the work-from-home trend, which was widespread during the pandemic, won't diminish to its pre-Covid level because it's profitable for employers.

KEY POINTS

  • Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, whom President-elect Donald Trump appointed to lead a new government efficiency team, said they intend to call federal employees back to the office five days a week.
  • Companies such as Amazon and The Washington Post are adopting a similar policy in 2025.
  • But many companies will keep remote or hybrid work arrangements, largely because they boost profits, economists said.
  • Some view return-to-office mandates as a stealthy way to reduce employee head count.
      • zergtoshi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        What’s the other one? Saving a ‘t’ in the process?
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        Billionaires need to be taxed out of existance.

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        • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 months ago

          I was being sarcastic. You can’t have billionaires without exploiting everyone’s basic human needs for food, shelter, safety, healthcare, or freedom, and they’ll figure that out with a proper education.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
    86·
    3 months ago

    Neither of these assholes have ever had a real job. Not even a high paying real job.

    Billionaires are a problem.

  • mint_tamas@lemmy.world
    16·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been working remotely long before the pandemic and I will continue to do so - I’m far from being alone in that. Also, we are still in the “covid-era”, we just collectively decided to pretend we aren’t.

  • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    First remote job I had was in 2010 making barely more than minimum wage for tier 1 phone support. These guys are off their rockers.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Still trying to look as cool as possible, and it doesn’t work when they do it, so they try harder, which makes it even worse. Dweebs.

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    I worked at a national company of some fame for nearly 20 years. They have two main offices, one in the midwest and one in New England. Before COVID, it was common for folks to work from home, spread across the United States. We even had some fringe cases where people lived in England or Japan and worked from there. I don’t work there anymore, but I hear post covid they are forcing people to move and work from the office. It really is leadership brain rot, everywhere, regardless of industry.

  • Norgoroth@lemmy.world
    71·
    3 months ago

    Musk and ramoswamy are foreign invader trash and they should go back to exploiting their own shitty countries. Fucking scum. Deport these counts or throw them in a detention center with no toilet. MAGA

  • nexusband@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    What i don’t get in all of this: There are already companies that did go out of business because too many people just left, due to them not being able to do WFH. Personally, I do like going to the office 1-2 times a week, but even I would leave the company if the got rid of WFH completely. There’s near full employment everywhere, especially tech companies already have to go the extra mile to get people to work for them. Why would anyone stay at a company that does not do WFH, if that’s one thing they got to enjoy?

  • ArgentRaven@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    I expect that he’ll push for some kind of corporate tax credit to companies that have in-person employees. To help tip the scales.

    He thinks it’ll increase control, but it’s just as likely to rile up discontent. Especially targeted towards him.