On: We Asked Workers Why They’re Not Coming Back to the Office

[andrei_says_]

I can just open my laptop at home… oh you say I need to drive for an hour first. Should I drive in a circle? To a certain location? Oh, and it’s one hour before I open the laptop and then another hour after I close it. For free. In my own car. While endangering my life and paying for gas. Oh and it’s at certain hours.

What exactly is the benefit of this?

[hn_version_0023 → andrei_says_]

You get to pump up the ego of a man who holds you in contempt because you’re not a sociopath like him.

[musicale → hn_version_0023]

It's harder to maintain the workplace status/dominance hierarchy remotely.

A corner office is a useless status symbol when subordinates aren't visibly toiling away in their awful open plan office spaces.