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Why Remote Work Freedom Became a Trap (for some)
Return to office mandates are forcing a choice. You're reading the email from HR. Five days a week, starting next month. You've been working from home for three years. Your coworkers are furious. You're relieved.
One co-host would go back tomorrow, in a heartbeat. The isolation is killing him. Screen rot, brain rot, doom scrolling. Less creative, less inspired. Going to coffee shops doesn't help because his team isn't there. The other argues the employer has the money, the employer picks the location. If the hole needs digging in Sudbury, you can't dig it in Ottawa. Federal workers just got…
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