Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

This article on Inc. provides the best explanation yet for the baffling push to RTO…

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/bidens-back-to-office-push-is-bad-news-for-real-entrepreneurs.html

It’s not just Wells Fargo wanting to make us miserable so we quit and don’t collect severance (though I do believe that’s part of it) and it’s not just about real estate investments. It is happening across industries and it is about control but it’s more than just fulfilling the egomaniacal needs of our corporate overlords. They want us exhausted and burnt out because it turns out that in the long run it’s a great retention method. If you’re to exhausted to pursue something else you’ll stay in your cage and continue to obediently plod away in your hamster wheel.

“Why then the push for a return to the status quo ugly? Simple: Big companies don't want workers to have the choice to work anywhere. They want employees to be captive to their jobs and too burned out to look for work elsewhere.
Here's the thing: People who can work anywhere have power over their lives. They can decide when they work and how, and for whom. They can hold out for more money and force multiple employers to bid for their services, and quit when they're mistreated or underpaid.”

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Stop doing business with companies that don’t value employees. If they aren’t paying livable wages and working towards a zero carbon footprint, reducing real estate footprints, and allowing WFH, they aren’t worth doing business with.

Forced loyalty is slavery, and shouldn’t be tolerated. Encourage your friends and family to also do what they can. Talk to your politicians and encourage them to only offer tax discounts to those companies that reduce their real estate footprints instead of giving credits to those companies that want to increase them. Turn those old buildings into affordable housing instead.

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Post ID: @1oxp+1fNnEkiX

Take care of yourselves and buck WFC’s desperate attempts to try to re-establish control. The world has changed. Please don’t let them have any say over your life. There is a whole big world out there where opportunities abound.

And if you’re stuck for now, due to life circumstances, still speak up for yourself and your co- workers. They can’t fire you for defending yourself and they don’t know how to do any of the work themselves. Recognize your power, and use it.

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Post ID: @yvr+1fNnEkiX

BINGO!!!!!!!!

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Post ID: @rjc+1fNnEkiX

Let's just say....I get paid for 40 hours, but I work less than Chuckie....

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Post ID: @mvm+1fNnEkiX

Speaking for myself, I remain because I am already retirement age, but cannot collect FULL Social Security for another year. Holding out for that!

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Post ID: @ayk+1fNnEkiX

Out of touch thinking will lead to out of touch performance and results. Just saying...

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Post ID: @kcl+1fNnEkiX

I guess it makes sense. Those of us left when the dust clears will still be here because we either drank the kool-aid or because we proved to Chuck that there is no level of abuse and maltreatment that we won’t endure. He’ll be left with an army of yes-men and plebs who will take a whipping and beg for more.

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