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Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

LoL right?

I mean the company clearly benefited from the pandemic and people working from home. Why would they want that to stop??

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Control. They don't feel like they have enough control of their plebe workers

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I swear, sometimes it feels as though companies are run by a bunch of power hungry psychopaths. The system is really rigged in their favor, too. Their kind of behaviour seems rewarded all the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They'll have much less when they lose all their customers and have to downsize lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Money. This guy is getting leaned on to send the message that wfh is a mistake. There is about 2.5 trillion in corporate real estate debt floating around and when contracts are negotiated conditions are made. Government and invested business are shitting bricks and doing everything they can to force occupation of otherwise obsolete buildings.