Why Amazon, Disney, and others are pushing employees back to the office

the "I live in Seattle but don't like my 45min commute" anti-RTOer is only the tip of the iceberg for a company like Amazon. every team I saw there was built up during the fully remote covid years - and comprised of ~50% folks from all over the country. "RTO" so far has meant someone living in Virginia picks up and commutes to their newly-assigned office in Arlington where none of their teammates are located. most people aren't open to picking up and moving cities now, and even if they are I've heard relocation packages are hard to get.

sure, in person work was great before covid but these companies have put themselves in an impossible situation when they spent 3 years hiring fully remote workers from around the country/world.

For the same reason jerking to porn is not the same as living with someone.