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> return-to-work

A subtle way to insinuate that working from home is somehow not working. That the only way to work is in an office.

return to work really should be reserved for things like disability e.g. you broke your leg and your job is a waiter so you literally can’t work until it is healed.

Yeah, it's interesting that they accept the phrasing "return to work" here when "return to office" is commonly used and more accurate

should be rto return to office.

return to work is hilarious.

I asked for an office. They just gave me a cubicle.

A cubicle is the greatest perk if some company seriously want RTO

I would honestly love a cubicle. Not being sarcastic at all. It’s funny to think back on Office Space and Dilbert and the general pervasiveness of the idea that cubicles are soul crushing. Open plan offices are 10x worse and everybody does them

Pretty sure Elon Musk is on record as saying that people working from home are only pretending to work.

I don't think any subtlety is intended.

Do people pretend to work more in the office or at home?

I think people pretend to work more at home, but also get more work done at home... there's a lot of very acceptable social loafing in most offices.

I have no idea. I used to read Texts From Last Night and people would say stuff like "Me and my boss are getting high." Or "I'm going to go nap for an hour in the bathroom sitting on the toilet. They pay me $100,000 annually. God, I love this job."

And, of course, there's the tale of the forgotten employee.

https://sites.google.com/site/forgottenemployee/

But Elon Musk seems to have Opinions and it's his company. (Shrug)

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