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Sigh, why are you punishing people based on where they live?
That's a great way to ruin moral. Create 2 classes of workers.
I think it depends on it is implemented company-wide.
I'm fortunate enough that my company lets us choose whether we're full-remote, hybrid or on-site.
I think that's the best way to implement this, since it's the worker's decision on how they want to work.
I think that the only major difference is that hybrid workers that are on-site most of the week have a designated desk and chair like the always on-site workers.
The full-remotes have to book one of the several rotating desks that we have if they want to come to the office.
Brb moving to another state
There is this farmhouse that is going on the market in the middle of nowhere soon. If my work had that policy I would already be getting ready to list my current house.
Divide et impera? it's not always about morale.
I've had a department head who thrived on low morale. People mostly unhappy, yet the she always got what she wanted, be it overtime or information on the state of things 'under the table'. Also very good at misdirection, since she always had a mad dog under her command that people could freely hate. If you were good at what you did, you got it a bit better than the 'plebs' but it was a very high stress work environment that took quite a toll on my mental health. Getting a raise was the best thing ever.
Being privy to how the 'plebs' were considered and participating in meetings where you'd basically reallocate people to projects like pieces of meat was a very interesting experience. Cultivation of individuality and 'fuck you, got mine' attitude.
It's an... interesting... management style. Not for the faint-hearted but for sure a good experience to have at least as a baseline.