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mouserat_hat t1_j9rta3t wrote

Your manager has direct communication with the government and treasury? Wow.

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[deleted] OP t1_j9s01n6 wrote

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Mash_man710 t1_j9skr0m wrote

They. The government? Somebody in the government is contacting private businesses to get staff back in the office? Absolute bollocks. The key reason is the level of investment, debt or long term leases that organisations have in commercial real estate that is being underutilised. Not rocket science and not a conspiracy.

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TheSeth256 t1_j9t086o wrote

Are you seriously suprised that companies with lobbying power to influence the laws of a country are in close relations with governors who run the country?!

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Tangolarango t1_j9smwa8 wrote

It's not a conspiracy, it's business as usual. It's super normal for the CEOs of big companies to be in panels or roundtables with municipal entities and government employment cabinets. And it's actually kind of cool when public offices take business prespectives into account instead of just existing in their own bubble. The alternative would be public officials only being aproached by lobbyists behind the scenes.

I can easily imagine a city hall oficial saying that there's lots of restaurants closing and that they need people back at the business areas.

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preston181 t1_j9tbtk1 wrote

No, it’s absolutely true.

CEOs and executives are in contact with local, state, and federal government.

The push is aimed at getting everyone back into the gauntlet of bullshit. That is: paying for cars, gas, maintenance, meals, coffee, clothes, and all of the other crap that businesses scalp you for as part of your work day.

Trouble is, inflation has sucked away all of the extra money we had for those things. We can’t afford it now, and frankly we don’t have the mental health capacity to deal with the extra stress. We’ve also had that inflated over the last few years.

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Mash_man710 t1_j9trzxg wrote

Businesses do not do anything without a profit motive. Government can make all the calls they want but it's the risk of devaluing real estate that is driving the return to work.

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