Several major companies, including Dell, JPMorgan Chase, AT&T, Amazon, and even parts of the American government under Elon Musk's influence, are mandating a return to in-office work. Musk has publicly criticized remote work.
Employers claim these mandates will improve productivity.
Employees, however, suspect the mandates are a cost-cutting measure designed to avoid large-scale layoffs.
Employers are ordering workers back to the office. In recent weeks Dell, a hardware-maker, and JPMorgan Chase, a bank, have issued such decrees. They join a growing list that includes AT&T, Amazon and even the American government, where Elon Musk—who has called remote work “morally wrong” and its supporters “detached from reality”—has championed the shift. Bosses insist that mandates will boost productivity. Workers see them as a way to cut staff without mass firings.
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