Due to the Iran war and the mess at the Straight of Hormuz, I've heard that the USA could reach an oil/gas/diesel lack of supply crisis by as early as this July. I could see the federal government issuing stay at home orders or at minimum work from home mandates to attempt to significantly reduce demand.
Would mean all of this RTO tracking mess would end up being for nothing.
Any thoughts?
@fw you didn't take it far enough: roflmfao
@ae they think this until there is no more money filtering into the economy because nobody can afford anything.
Sure, laying people off saves money but it's got ripple effects globally.
@fx lol this administration would not do that. They’d be willing to surpass Bush gas prices. Trump had never heard the word Grocery. The stock market is fine. We are collateral damage.
@g8 I blame the pandemic for forcing me from WFH to Hybrid, so with my luck another one would prompt them to go full-five AND keep hotel seating to make it even more miserable.
What's sad is there's a decent contingent of our co-workers that would gladly trade another pandemic if they could just "work at home".
Doubt any mandate since not a health emergency. The MC couldn’t careless about employees so I doubt any full time wfh will be allowed again for hub employees.
lol. lmao, even.
I asked about this in the ATC and they moderated out my question.
gOOnjan lives in the 4 seasons next to the office, she will tell us all to fu-k off and commute then send our jobs to india.
@as I'm hearing July in many of the economic people I watch (armchair economics obviously).
I don't think they will allow flexibility or to do WFH regardless. They are... How do you say it? Pushed? To have people in office, not just because of rent but the local economy justification as well. WFH would be amazing and what I would want and would be smart... however the powers at be are so far away from understanding how we lower level live paycheck to paycheck as it exists today.
Recommendation: check out Gary's Economics
Federal government? No chance.
State governments? Certainly a possibility, but only if there are actual shortages. If gas remains available, but expensive, best you can expect is certain states "strongly encouraging" more WFH.
Read this re: " tank bottoms":
https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/eight-weeks-to-empty-shelves-sixty-days-to-famine-what-caused-it-and-what-you-need-to-do-immediately?catid=17&Itemid=101
SHTF is predicted for right around the 4th of July.
"Brent crude: $101.65 per barrel as of May 8, 2026. Physical oil trading near $150.
U.S. gasoline: $4.52 per gallon national average as of May 7. Up from $2.81 in January. California above $6.00.
Strait of Hormuz: 95 percent traffic collapse. Effectively closed since February 28.
The last Middle East oil tanker to reach California: the New Corolla, Long Beach, May 3. No more coming.
U.S. distillate (diesel/jet fuel) inventories: 11 percent below five-year average. Lowest since 2005.
Europe: tank bottoms this month.
United States: tank bottoms by July 4.
Recovery if peace comes today: 64 weeks minimum to first fuel delivery. Two years to full production recovery. Five years for damaged LNG infrastructure.
Spirit Airlines: gone. Seventeen thousand jobs, gone.
Seventy percent of American food moves by diesel truck."
If shareholders ask the CEO to stop wasting money on rent for office, they can all do WFH.
Why would they want us to remain employed when causing us to become unemployed on a mass scale is to their benefit?
@a6 PS. That said, it's also bullsh-t the company considers their bullsh-t lies more important than their employees getting bankrupted on $6 gas for the mandatory privilege of driving in to work remotely from the office.
Unlikely. Prices are high, but we're really not in an oil crunch like the 70's. The U.S. is now the world's largest oil producer. Prices will remain high for a while, but doubt they'll go up much further.