No hate on directors, just saying younger or lower ranked employees are getting screwed by the RTO mandate disproportionately.
Some of us weren't homeowners before the insane price spike the last few years, and our raises have been completely blown away by inflation. My rent increased 30% easily the last few years. So now my choices are:
1-Find an "affordable" house a 1-2 hour commute away from the office, then spend all of that money on fuel.
2-Continue to rent and throw money away to keep a job that clearly wants me to quit.
3-Find a remote-friendly job (that get 500 applicants+ per posting on every jobs board) as a less-experienced professional.
If the pandemic proved we can do our jobs remote, why is leadership obsessed with forcing us to commute to an office in a shithole city to teams call with our team members in other states? I was hoping I would be able to work here for many years, its a shame this decline feels so forced and unnecessary.