[mataug]

> According to a recent research paper published by University of Pittsburgh, compelling evidence suggests that organizations are leveraging Return-To-Office mandates not to enhance firm value, but rather to reassert control and shift blame for poor performance onto employees.

At the risk of sounding cyncial, this is to be expected. Management, especially C-suites have put themselves on a pedastal where they can do no harm. Its almost always blamed on the employees.

Example, the recent Boeing fiasco is being portrayed as an employee failure[1] by giving employees safety lessons, while ignoring the years mismanagement and cost cutting.

[1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-workers-will-stop...

[q1w2]

I think different companies use return-to-office mandates differently, sometimes even within the same company.

One facet of this is companies using return-to-office mandates to simply do layoffs without having to pay severance.