Big Tech & Wall Street return-to-office (RTO) mandates are disguised layoffs rather than genuine productivity moves. #TorontoHousing

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🎯 Avis Phares

Companies know 15-20% of staff will quit rather than commute 2 hours a day—it saves them severance packages.

Productivity hit record highs during remote years; blaming remote work now is pure corporate gaslighting.

Forcing engineers into open-plan offices just to sit on Zoom calls with teammates in another time zone makes zero sense.

Commercial real estate leases and municipal tax breaks are the real drivers behind 5-day RTO mandates.

Top senior talent is immediately jumping to remote-first startups while big corporations keep the clock-watchers.

If management cannot measure output without watching people sit at a desk, the problem is management.

🎯 Avis Phares

Junior engineers and new grads learn 3x faster by overhearing senior problem-solving in the same room.

Spontaneous whiteboard sessions solve in 15 minutes what takes 3 days of Slack threads and calendar invites.

Let’s be honest: a noticeable percentage of remote staff were coasting or holding two full-time jobs simultaneously.

High-velocity hardware, AI research, and trading desks thrive on in-person intensity and trust.

When everyone is remote, company culture dissolves into transactional ticket-closing with zero loyalty.

If a job can be done 100% remotely from anywhere, companies will eventually outsource it offshore for a third of the salary.

Stealth Layoffs