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‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 9 months ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Converting offices is expensive and complicated. Zoning laws also makes it even harder.

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is true, there are hurdles and there people actively working to overcome them and succeeding.

Would you like to know more? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=office+to+residential

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So maybe we focus on solutions instead of problems.

With respect. :)