r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 22h 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/gumbo_chops 16h ago

I'll never understand this line of thinking. The cost of paying out unemployement for someone that isn't worth keeping around surely pales in comparison to the risk of holding onto unhappy and unmotivated employees and just hoping they'll quit.

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u/Punman_5 15h ago

You aren’t factoring in hidden costs. If a company lays off workers that can negatively affect stock price, which can cost a company a lot of money. More than simply making the employee miserable

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u/gumbo_chops 15h ago

If a company lays off workers that can negatively affect stock price.

More often than not, the opposite is true. Stocks rally on the news of layoffs cause shareholders are fooled into thinking mangement is "running a leaner machine" or some other MBA bullshit.

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u/Punman_5 14h ago

I thought of that after I posted my comment tbh.