Does Dell own lots of real-estate that they need filled? I mean, I don't have the inside scoop with Dell or anyone else, but probably. If workers stay home then surrounding businesses like restaurants et al suffer which brings down the surrounding area value. Real estate values on major properties are a drop in the bucket compared to utility costs.

Then there's the worker > middle management > upper management hierarchy that others have mentioned in the thread and summarized better than I can that gets messed up.

If any of this sounds corpo apologetic it's not meant to. Unions and WFH FTW