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A lot of times, when people discuss the phenomenon of employers ending work-from-home and try to make their employees come back to the office, people say that the motivation is to raise real estate prices.

I don't follow the logic at all. How would doing this benefit an employer in any way?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You mean to tell us that the same CEOs' reports that mention productivity has gone up after going remote was a lie? Record breaking profits after going remote is a lie?

Why are the CEOs lying? Two of the explanations are that the profit margin is 15% and the city is threatening to end the 15% tax break or the company owns real estate and the lost of asset value is greater than productivity increases that come from going remote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean to tell us that the same CEOs’ reports that mention productivity has gone up after going remote was a lie? Record breaking profits after going remote is a lie?

Why the fuck would you think that's what he's trying to say?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is he trying to say then? What the commentator mentioned and what the CEOs(including my own employer) were saying from 2020-2022 are at odds with each other. So someone is incorrect. Which one is it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He said nothing whatsoever about the positive indicators of wfh. He just said the idea that CEOs care about real estate values is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If real estate value claims are bullshit, why are the same CEOs that praised the productivity increases, touted record breaking profits now force people to come to the office?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Congratulations, you discovered the topic of this thread

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My original reply was on topic too. The commentor said that anyone making a connection between coming to office and real estate values is just high. My response was that CEOs originally praised WFH. If productivity is not an issue it's natural that people make a connection between being forced to come to the office and real estate values. And either the CEOs that reported higher productivity when WFH or people dismissing the said real estate connection are liars. How is this not on topic? Would you please care to point out?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And either the CEOs that reported higher productivity when WFH or people dismissing the said real estate connection are liars.

That makes no sense. Higher productivity can be true, AND return to office can have nothing to do with real estate values.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I asked this question earlier as well but you chose to ignore it completely. I am asking again. Why are same CEOs who praised WFH now forcing people to come to the office?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think this is the theory that makes the most sense: https://lemmy.world/comment/4545094