return to office
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 19, 2024 by Scott Farquhar · across every show →
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Jan 19, 2024 negative
Farquhar: Return-to-office mandates are as arbitrary as dictating pen color
“Some people who are forcing a back to office mandate, in many cases that's like telling people they need to use a blue pen instead of a black pen. Does it matter which pen you use if the output's the same? Does it matter where you are doing the work if the out…”
May 22, 2025 negative
Perel: RTO mandates fail because returning employees are 'socially atrophied'
“People should come back to work in person, maybe not five days, but that's not enough. Because the people who are coming back are socially atrophied. The people that are coming back have been de-socialized and have lost skills and the younger ones never develo…”