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[Discussion/Serious] What do companies have to gain from leasing a building?

Like most people who were able to WFH, I really enjoyed it. It allowed for a much healthier life balance in a lot of ways. With COVID cases going down, my employer has decided that rather than a full WFH schedule, we should be back in the office for 4 days with 1 WFH day of our choice. Everyone was interviewed by HR about their thoughts on the matter and everyone I’ve talked to said they wanted more than 1 WFH day. On top of that, the lease for the space we work in is coming to an end son and the talk is, we are getting a new space in a more expensive area of NYC. People have expressed their needs to WFH yet we are moving in a direction where the company is going to spend more per month on a leased space that we will be guilted…


Like most people who were able to WFH, I really enjoyed it. It allowed for a much healthier life balance in a lot of ways.

With COVID cases going down, my employer has decided that rather than a full WFH schedule, we should be back in the office for 4 days with 1 WFH day of our choice. Everyone was interviewed by HR about their thoughts on the matter and everyone I’ve talked to said they wanted more than 1 WFH day.

On top of that, the lease for the space we work in is coming to an end son and the talk is, we are getting a new space in a more expensive area of NYC.

People have expressed their needs to WFH yet we are moving in a direction where the company is going to spend more per month on a leased space that we will be guilted into sitting in rather than the convenience of our homes.

If employees are still producing the required work at a desk in their house and are much happier this way, why would a company disregard that?

What benefits are in it for them to owe monthly money on a lease?

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