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Amazons RTO5 seems to be on the path of backfiring

by doubtfuluser on 12/19/24, 4:43 PM with 5 comments

  • by ChrisArchitect on 12/19/24, 4:45 PM

    Related:

    Companies issuing RTO mandates "lose their best talent": Study

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42444998

    and from earlier in the year:

    Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40339852

  • by ChrisArchitect on 12/19/24, 4:44 PM

    Related:

    Amazon Delays RTO Mandate for Workers Due to Space

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42453041

  • by dave4420 on 12/19/24, 5:05 PM

    > leaders across the tech industry have admitted RTO mandates were partly intended to trim headcount

    It seems like they’re getting the desired result, and not actually backfiring?

  • by not_your_vase on 12/19/24, 6:59 PM

    Yeah yeah yeah. There has been a literal exodus from tech companies in the past 3 years, since the word RTO was invented. Nobody works at any of these companies, and their HR is literally kidnapping people from trams, forcing them to work for them, right? And every 3 days there is a new article and research saying that even though everyone has left, the remaining headcount is about to leave too (even though the remaining headcount is converging to 0).

    Or maybe not. Maybe some of them really want to leave. But if they failed to do in the past 3 years, maybe it's to think a bit, why is that.