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matchbok3 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:45:36 +0000

If people wanted replaceable batteries in the US, companies would sell them.

There's big conspiracy here. They just don't matter to most people.

And this regulation is really bad and will harm innovation for very little to no value.

New comment by matchbok3 in "The return-to-the-office trend backfires"

matchbok3 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:36:30 +0000

Again. If you think you can do your job remotely 100%, then there is no reason why someone in South America can do your job for 20% of your salary.

Think about it.

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matchbok3 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:19:33 +0000

I agree. I don't really think "monitoring" is the reason for RTO. I think quality of work and collaboration is.

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matchbok3 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:19:29 +0000

If management is useless then it should be trivial for you to replace them. I wish you luck!

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matchbok3 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:59:30 +0000

You do, in fact, have the agency to get another job.

So no, you are not "forced" to RTO at all.

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matchbok3 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:58:13 +0000

I work from home, champ. No sour grapes here. Try again, and please engage in the argument, don't throw personal attacks.

The UK? The UK has 0 innovative companies. No silicon valley. Nothing. If you want American to be like them, no thanks.

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matchbok3 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:57:02 +0000

Yes, they are outliers. Or they are coasting.

Again (and again). There is a reason why YC and the top, most innovative companies are in person.

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matchbok3 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:56:15 +0000

Solid contribution champ.

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matchbok3 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:56:03 +0000

This point is directly aimed at those who view the RTO efforts as a class issue (owners vs workers). There is an entitled POV in many WFH debates.

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matchbok3 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:01:38 +0000

I'm not sure I understand the point. The vast, vast majority of jobs simply cannot be done remotely. So I have little patience for the entitlement of people thinking they "deserve" it or yell about conspiracy theories about why it is going away.

There is a reason YC is in person. There is a reason why the top companies are in person.

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matchbok3 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:26:48 +0000

I think these conspiracy theories about RTO are really unhelpful and actually harmful to the viability of hybrid work arrangements.

Please work in a day as a oil rig technician or a nurse. "I should be able to work anywhere and my employer must accommodate me" is an extremely privileged and elitist view of thinking.

A few of your notes are actually just wrong as well. Salaries jumped during covid due to over-hiring and software booming. "Productivity" is not a number, but a business-by-business decision. The vast, vast majority of people don't want politics at work, and it's exclusively the viewpoint of the laptop class who demand that stuff. (Again, people who work toiling jobs for 10 hours a day don't create petitions and demands like that)

At the end of the day, if you don't want to work in an office, you don't have to. But, believe it or not, many many people, including young people, like the office environment.

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matchbok3 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:09:04 +0000

Gotcha. There was definite over hiring that happened during covid so some of this was a return to normal I think.

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matchbok3 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:07:51 +0000

I mean, maybe. But a company that spends all of it's time "surveilling" their employees rather than adding value will go out of business. So I'm not sure what the point really is when people bring this up when talking about WFH. If someone doesn't want to be surveilled at work they can quit, right?

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matchbok3 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:48:36 +0000

What do you mean by "monitor and control"? Should an employer not be able to see what their employees are doing at work?

What is an "excuse" for a layoff, exactly?