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Akimbo333 t1_irdnc5m wrote

Well shit! Here comes mass unemployment!!! It's not like the American economy wasn't suffering from unemployment enough lol!!!

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[deleted] t1_irdpaxe wrote

how about we say fuck the investors and run the planet sustainably

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Surur t1_irdu3d1 wrote

Why would companies get rid of their cheapest workers?

It makes more sense to close the offices, save cost there, and work more remotely.

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billcube t1_irduogm wrote

It's very easy for a remote worker to have several part-time jobs.

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uberfunstuff t1_irdyuo2 wrote

Press release attempting to spook workers back into the office so all those commercial mortgage backed securities don’t default. Just no.

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LordOfDorkness42 t1_ire0vke wrote

Replying to Shelfrock77 (#50,619)

Also, the office building is a huge revenue generato for rich twits, but only as long as it's filled with people.

Tax cuts. Deals with the city. Owning auxiliary business nearby that's technically not associated with the office like restaurants & gas stations at nearby roads. Investment in oil & car companies or retailers...

Renting you your apartment. While keeping houses beyond expensive.

All that takes a nose-dive if poeple are suddenly sitting halfway around the world at a computer, and thus cannot be sheparded from local fleecing station to fleecing station, and a certain type of rich prick is getting existential dread from that easy but initially expensive and thus exclusive money making scheme going away.

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Alfanse t1_ire9l2d wrote

thats a lot of workers, now with the time, to build a directly competing business of their own.

shame if they stole away your remaining employees and business!!!

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AstronautOk1143 t1_irec7dz wrote

So instead of removing the bloated executives that don’t do much, they are getting rid of the people that get the shit done. Bravo, i have always said MBAs and consulting companies are the ones responsible for fucking the planet. Detestable beings

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michael_mullet t1_irf2874 wrote

Glad my company closed offices and adopted permanent WFH. I have a good resume and get contacted by recruiters a lot with "flexible" WFH offers; why would I trade 100% WFH for 3 days in office? It's obvious that the next recession will see these places go to 100% in office as a way to cut staff and justify lease expense.

I saved my company $1.6M per year by identifying leases we could get out of or sublet or renegotiate. It's not clear to me why every company isn't doing the same thing.

Turn empty office space into data center space. Many of these offices already have the redundant internet and power needed or could be retrofitted for it. DC wholesale leases are higher on a per square foot basis than office and we'll need 10x the space by 2030 imho. It's a win-win.

Heck, CBRE should be kicking companies out that aren't using space fully and proactively replacing with data centers.

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GoodAndBluts t1_irfowwl wrote

ITT

these singularity posts are all very exciting and futuristic until they threaten us IT workers

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Heizard t1_irftjj1 wrote

How about we cut 100% of CEO's. Pretty sure even narrow A.I. can do their job better at this point.

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