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IBM orders US sales to locate near customers, RTO for cloud staff, DEI purge
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/18/ibm_orders_us_sales_staff/
The Register · IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices
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@aburka understood; there are public datasets of transit data leading up to, through, and post-pandemic but i'm not qualified to have an opinion on revenue and what is needed to support commuters but this will hurt employers in the city, especially the ones that were strongly encouraged to Return To Office.
Cronos: The New Dawn devs say remote work made its unique combat possible
www.gamedeveloper.comCronos: The New Dawn devs say remote work made its unique combat possibleYou need talent to grow a studio, and good talent isn't always in your neck of the woods.
The #RTO nonsense continues at work, with the clock ticking down to June 1. The typical staff meeting now has leaders trying desperately to put a positive spin on it, with zero awareness of how tone deaf they are. And then they have the gall to have staff to give Earth Day presentations!
If I were asked to do that, I'd be like "sure!" And then gleefully toss up a single slide: "Earth Day Goal #1: End Forced RTO." End of presentation.
Did a test run of #RTO yesterday, not because I *want* to go back, but because I want to be prepared for it. (And a few other reasons.)
The view was nice (I snagged a cube by the window), but that was it. I hated pretty much everything else. Even with a white noise machine going, it's still near impossible to concentrate when folks nearby are having loud convos. At home, I listen to my music on volume ~20 out of 100. There, I had to crank it to ~60 to make a difference. Oof.
And to add insult to injury, the snooze button is now broken on my alarm clock. It's almost as if it's in cahoots with the jerks trying to force us into #RTO.
Tired 
: The problem with RTO is that we're all in online meetings anyway.
Wired 
: The cool thing about everyone being in online meetings in the same open-plan office is, everyone has to shout to be heard in their own meeting over all the background noise around them!
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Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly
Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED the return-to-office order has resulted in widespread chaos, plummeting productivity, and significantly reduced services to the public.
WIRED · 'Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly
Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-politics-good-financial-home.html
Phys.org · Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home
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The email update is actually that the water is not poisonous. Success. #rto
Come to the office they said. 3/4 elevators are broken they said. The water is slightly poisonous they said. Collaborate. #rto
Many bosses across Wall Street and beyond have been doubling down on their return-to-office mandates for employees — but not all CFOs, or even CEOs, are drinking the RTO Kool-Aid.
https://www.cfodive.com/news/rto-plans-cfos-pandemic-remote-work-zoom/743804/ #Workplace #Work #RTO #WFH #RemoteWork #CFO
CFO Dive · Those return-to-office plans? CFOs aren’t all in.
Sorry I've been MIA lately, y'all. My gov's forced #RTO order has me extremely preoccupied. I've never been on Discord so much!
I just sent my appeal to my supervisor. He'll just say his hands are tied, but I'm making him go through the motions! I'm going to continue to fight this tooth and nail, because if they can take THIS, what's next? Typewriters?
(That last quip taken from a sign I saw at Saturday's protest.)
Fuck Tim Walz.
Hes a Collaborator too far as im concerned.
"Democratic Governor Tim Walz does Trumpian Return To Office.
We all know that RTO is fossil fueled and caters to commercial real estate to get butts in seats downtown for The Economy. This is NOT a progressive move and Walz should be shamed harshly by Democrat voters in Minnesota for acting like a right-winger on telework.
'Gov. Walz announce change to state telework policy By WDIO Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced an update to the state’s telework policy for state workers. The change would require most state agency employees to work in-person for at least 50% of their scheduled work days. This would go in effect on June 1, 2025. “This approach balances the flexibility of telework with the workplace advantages of being in office,” said Gov. Walz. “Having more state employees in the office means that collaboration can happen more quickly and state agencies can build strong organizational cultures more easily.” '
That collaboration nonsense is all bullshit and we all know it by now. Anti-telework is just collaborating with right-wing business interests."
-Chloe from Scranton Team Humans Newsletter
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/top-stories/gov-walz-announce-change-to-state-telework-policy/
Desgastados y estresados, pero también energizados y conectados. Así se sienten los empleados de Amazon tras regresar a la oficina full time. ¿Cómo te sientes tú ante el regreso? 
#RTO #TrabajoEnOficina https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-5-day-rto-mandate-policy-employees-experiences-2025-3
Business Insider · Amazon's 5-day RTO policy: Some workers celebrate mandate; others quit
The Register - 2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies - https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/2_in_5_techies_quit/
RTO mandates are a load of horse crap - if technology allows remote working then why rail against it?
Unless you're an inadequate bullying control freak type.
We are five years on from the first Covid lockdown. I wasn't furloughed. I spent most of my working time doing stuff to set up and help colleagues to work from home.
It made a huge positive difference.
And all the time I was working from home while doing this.
I get so much more done WFH.
The Register · 2 in 5 techies quit over inflexible workplace policies
Mandated #RTO, is either being used as a scapegoat for poor stock performance, lack of trust, or it's a sneaky backdoor #layoff. Or like #Trump and #Elon, it is #MAGA entitled cis white men deciding that they want to SEE their peons. #ItsGoodToBeKing
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2025/03/23/why-corporate-america-is-abandoning-remote-work.html
CNBCWhy corporate America is abandoning remote workIn the years following the pandemic, remote work became the new normal, but that's not the case anymore. Companies like AT&T, Amazon and Dell have brought their employees back into the office five days a week. What's causing the push for employees to return-to-office, and is it the best way forward?
This article also appears in today’s Seattle Times. The current head and henchmen of the Acme corporation, now running the White House, could probably benefit from some counseling to understand, if nothing else, just what is needed in VA psychiatry. What the supervisor recommends is not ethical, and are therapists supposed to purchase the white noise machine with their own funds? Post service treatment is not a couple of “weekend follow ups.” #VA #psychiatry #rto https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6E4.pZYb.9ZasmRdB0X57&smid=url-share
The New York Times · Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil