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BBT #13 Snippet | They're Calling You Back to the Office
The return-to-office mandate isn't about collaboration. It isn't about culture. The productivity data from three years of remote work doesn't support forcing people back in — and the companies issuing these mandates know that. What it's actually about is control, commercial real estate exposure, and the fact that a manager who can't see you working has a harder time justifying their own role. That's the conversation nobody in HR is having out loud.
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00:00 — The return to office debate: mandatory policies, productivity, work hours, virtual vs. in-person, and the larger question of…
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