There was a post on here last week asking why companies are so aggressively returning to office. The strongest answer was “commercial real estate”, but I still don’t fully understand how this is a strong enough reason for such a unpopular, expensive and difficult-to-execute push.
I am curious if anyone can paint a bigger picture for me. From where I sit, even if companies get a tax break for moving back into the office, it feels like it’s not worth the long-term costs.
I know there are other factors like using it as a “swamp-drain” to get rid of expensive employees, and to hold onto some semblance of old-fashioned work culture, but that does explain why it’s happening en masse.
Help me understand this.