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‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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This is the real reason for companies wanting people back to the office.

All this talk about collaboration and team spirit is just the publicly given reason for wanting people back to the office.

The real reason is that now the owners of the buildings are losing money.

Cry me a river.

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[–] TheFrogThatFlies 6 points 9 months ago

And the companies are controlled by venture capitalists, who are smart and distribute their investments. So they have interests in various companies, including the real estate companies.