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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These companies didn’t push back at ALL during those useless lockdowns and stay at home orders. People were allowed to WFH and found out they liked it. And now they don’t want to go back.

They should’ve pushed back against the Covid BS but they didn’t.

No one wants to go back to the office including myself.

You reap what you sow.[/quote]

Exactly. They created this mess. Forcing people to work remotely in March 2020-July 2020 made sense. But they pushed it well into 2021/2022 unnecessarily even after it was known that Covid was only life threatening for people who had pre-existing conditions/ older frail people. There was no real reason the majority of the healthy workforce had to work remotely for nearly 3 years. What did they expect would happen?[/quote]

I’m actually a parent with young children who loves the flexibility of remote work.  But I am also a realist. You are all replaceable believe it or not. [b]Acting like you can call the shots is really not reality[/b].   Sticking your fingers in your ears and closing  your eyes is immature and will not make it all go away. You will be fired and demoted. And there are many who are unemployed and desperate to take your place.  [/quote]

All I know is that we’ve had job postings for my group we can’t fill.  We’ve been able to fill a few positions and the candidates haven’t been that great at all.  I’m a top performer and my manager doesn’t want to lose me.  As an individual I feel a lot of power to demand WFH.  I know many others in the same position.  The longer this goes on, the more normal it seems to WFH.  At this point I don’t think many people care.  
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I work five days a week in person but my DH is in a similar position to you.  Lots of people quit his company during the pandemic and the people they’ve hired just don’t produce enough.  He’s very experience and basically told his employer he would quit if they didn’t let him stay fully remote.  So he’s fully remote.  They need him currently more than he needs them (and yes he could find another job quite quickly, he’s been head hunted several times already).[/quote]

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