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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused. Presumably you went into the office before covid hit and you didn't get sick to your stomach and have panic attacks.

I don't understand why you feel that way now. I mean, sure it sucks to have to RTO, but not understanding why you are getting legit panic attacks over it.[/quote]

Exactly. You'll adjust.

I think you are feeling this way because you think that the employer is taking away something from you. But in reality, they adjusted for the pandemic and are adjusting things back to normal now.[/quote]

Employers absolutely are taking something from us with RTO. 
They did not want to lose any valuable labor time during covid so they fed everyone lines that if you got sick you could take "covid leave" blah blah but they found ways to get everyone connected and working from home pretty seamlessly.

Then when employees showed that they could do it, excel, be more productive and in some cases work even more hours (even when recovering from illnesses! or quarantining) they are not happy with that proof and want their way again.[/quote]

Put yourself in the shoes of your evil employer for just a moment, they have decided to bring their staff back to the office more days. Why? Do they think people are excelling and working more hours from home and they are trying to reduce productivity? Unlikely. Are they trying to torture you and cause panic attacks? Also unlikely. I think that most employers are sick of trying to reach their staff while they’re busy making soup or out picking up their kids and they need to bring them to an office to verify they do their jobs, plus the in person camaraderie is good for the team. Why else do you think so many are doing this?[/quote]

^Political pressure to revitalize the economies of cities. Tremendous pressure to get workers back into offices to spend money on transit, food etc. [/quote]

This.
Biden has been under enormous pressure to put the federal workforce back in the office because so many small businesses that depend on federal workers have lost so much business with everyone working from home. Offices are empty, restaurants are empty, all those small places you run errands on during your lunch hour are suffering, etc. 
To me, this is a band-aid solution. And it's futile. 
All those small businesses will have to adjust -- move their businesses elsewhere, or change their business model. Because remote work is here to stay, and yes, the downtowns will in time be ghost towns, and most of those businesses that depend on office workers will close. The owners of office buildings will have to adjust too as their buildings empty out. 
Perhaps some of those office buildings can be converted to apartments to help solve the housing shortage? Or they can just be torn down and replaced by green space. Because most of us who once worked in an office are never coming back. [/quote]

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