I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on the latest RTO development, at least in the U.S. where an announcement was made this week of selling a couple of the buildings in Greenville, but re-stating the RTO of 4 days per week. This seems odd to me, in that I don't see how you can force more people into significantly less space? In addition, I understand there will be no dedicated desks, making this objective even more complicated. Anyone have any insight?
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This is all odd for me too. It makes 0 sense. When we were sent home for Covid and have been working from home for almost 6 years now with no mention ever of a hybrid schedule to come back it was thrown at us for a return of 4 days. That is NOT hybrid and I know half of my team I work with that are posting out to fully remote or sending resumes elsewhere. There are a ton of remote jobs out there. For us in Maine the building is in a different location now from the previous and most of us are farther from that location. The ones staying are dreading going back in elbow to elbow when our productivity was never a problem at home. These managers are in for a surprise when less is done in office vs home.