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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I could spend 3 hours a day on a train and do teams meetings in the office, or i could not do 3 hours a day on trains and do teams meetings at home.

I was paying £550 a month in train tickets before covid freed me

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It amazes me that leaders don't get this. My office is filled with separate one-sided calls and it's unbearable. Furthermore I've not been in a meeting without Silicon Valley listening in in at least 5 years.

[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They do get it but they don't care. They want you to be uncomfortable and miserable because it keeps up the value of their commercial real estate portfolio .

[–] sturger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Also tax breaks. Many large corpos negotiated city tax breaks for bringing a certain number of employees into downtowns. If those numbers don't meet minimums, the tax breaks go away.
Any we all know how much time, effort and expense a business person will go through to avoid paying $1 in taxes.

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It makes sense, but what would be even more valuable for real estate is if we gave up on crampt open plan offices and give people some space 😅