I guess in many companies that’s the reasons why policies were intentionally made less flexible lately. They lower remote work because they want a certain percentage of employees to leave. During COVID many tech companies had a huge peak in demand and hired a ton of people. Now, as demand lowered, they’re looking for cheap ways to get rid of the staff again.
IMHO it’s not a smart tactic because you tend to lose the best employees first as they easily find a better opportunity elsewhere.
Yep. A slow brain drain as all the smart people get jobs elsewhere while the ones who find it harder to move are stuck there.
I literally quit my last job because of shitty changes to policies that took away our freedoms.
I asked management why, and always got a different answer, so they were never telling anyone the true reason.
The true reason is they wanted people to quit so they didn’t have to pay severance.
I’ve also not taken work because of this, so it cuts both ways.
