When Rowan Rosenthal heard about Grindr's return-to-office mandate during a virtual town hall meeting in August, anxiety, confusion and anger set in. The principal product designer lived within a 25-minute bike ride from the company's Brooklyn office but instead was required to report to one in Los Angeles, where Rosenthal's department was assigned. This doesn't make sense and there's no way this will happen, Rosenthal thought. But it did happen. And two weeks later, Rosenthal realized that desp

And buried in the middle of the article:

“He and his colleagues believe that the company’s move was the result of workers’ decision to unionize.”

  • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
    422·
    1 year ago

    This very much was because they unionized.

    Unions are all about give and take. You negotiate what you want and what you’ll give up.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    312·
    1 year ago

    I believe a primary driver of this is the enormous commercial real estate bubble that is going to destroy the economy and is looking very large right now. That and of course greed.