1/ Ecological impact
Imagine the carbon footprint when tens of thousands of employees suddenly start coming to the Office. How much gasoline, tires, oil and brakes will be wasted. In addition, the cafeteria in Round Rock does not use standard utensils, but disposable plastic ones. How much unnecessary plastic waste will be generated per year?
Dell boasts in advertising that it recycles plastic fished from the oceans, but in reality it does the exact opposite.
2/ Health impact
Thousands of people sharing one toilet, kitchen and the open space is a breeding ground for viruses and bacteria. For example, if the air conditioning is not sufficiently disinfected, everyone is at risk of pulmonary chlamydia or conjunctivitis. And we are not talking about a common cold, flu or intestinal viruses. Thousands of employees and their families will be needlessly sick and unproductive just because they had to sit in the same office with others.
Stress - a silent ki-ler. Increased time pressure, chasing after responsibilities, such as transporting children to and from school or to clubs, going to work for an hour a day, noise and constant interruptions at work, discomfort (e.g. bad chair, monitor) increase stress, reduce productivity and lead often to depression and more serious health problems.
3/ Economic impact
The company's operating costs for maintaining the office will increase significantly, and now let's add to this the reduced productivity of work due to stress and also frequent absences of employees due to illness, so we can expect an impact on the quality of products, services and overall revenues, or profit.
The pressure to move to Austin or other cities will cause rental prices to rise and, as a result, the employee's income to decrease.
Working from Office is OLD SCHOOL and backwards thinking, against our planet and health.