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The return-to-office Catch 22


What could go wrong when you're ordered to return to the office — but there's no office to go back to?

Yes, but that doesn’t stop increasingly obtuse managers from being obsessed with forcing workers to work in an office even when there’s no power, internet access, or sometimes even space, for them to do so. Trump, for example, pulled a number out of a hat by lying that “only 6% of employees currently work in person.” Even the lick-spittle, Republican-dominated House of Representatives Oversight Committee was closer to reality: it had just reported five days before that “ 43% of the workforce were still teleworking as of September 2023.” The company has had to delay its return-to-office mandate for some locations, meaning employees in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, New York, and Phoenix might not return until as late as May 2025.

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