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by DonsDiscountGas 1313 days ago
Except that you lose your best people this way, rather than average/worst.
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Or maybe a mix? Although maybe Musk thinks the in person workers are the best.
People that quit voluntarily are always skewed towards the high end, because better employees have an easier time finding another job with similar benefits/pay but has that one thing they want.

The only way this would make sense as a downsizing tactic would be if you believe that employees that prefer to work remote (enough to the point where they would consider quitting) are significantly worse than the average Twitter employee.

The worst will stay and do so with a vengeance.