[kstrauser]

> Some suspect Dell's suddenly stringent office policy is an attempt to force people to quit so that the company can avoid layoffs.

The good news: you’ve selected for all the employees willing to put up with meaningless edicts.

The bad news: you’re stuck with ‘em because everyone else left.

I predict that life with get easier for IT because the remaining people will be really good at following arbitrary rules. Productivity will crater but that’s a problem for next quarter, right?