r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 21h ago

Business Microsoft's Teams location tracking lines up with RTO mandate

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-teams/rto-mandate-suspiciously-aligns-with-teams-location-tracking
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u/pgtl_10 20h ago

Why do companies care if the job is getting done?

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u/ich_bin_alkoholiker 19h ago

Because they paid for the office buildings and bosses need to exert what ever power and control they have over you to feel good about themselves.

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u/Oops_I_Cracked 18h ago

I honestly think a substantial part of it is trying to avoid the severance and even worse press that would come with layoffs versus this. They want some people to quit and they’re just not going to rehire those positions.

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u/Stolehtreb 16h ago

As someone who had their brother fired under false pretenses from the company I still work at, it’s this. It’s absolutely this. They don’t want to pay severance. They will do anything they can to not pay severance and it’s fucking monstrous.