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Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Also, when it goes south, they can pin the blame on the consultant instead of themselves.

[โ€“] RozhkiNozhki 25 points 5 months ago

That's exactly what the consultants are for and hiring them is an easy, low-cost (in the grand scheme of things) way of shifting responsibility aka "I don't want to do any decision making that may and will be detrimental to the company so I will hire an "expert" to do it for me".