The problem(s) with RTO were manifested even before the mandates: open office plans.
Office rents show up on expense reports. So do employee salaries. What doesn't? Employee productivity.
There are many studies[1][2][3] showing the open office plans are worse for productivity. But lots of companies built them anyway. If the companies want to make an argument for RTO is better for productivity, but they also have open office plans, then it is inconsistent and non-sensical.
If you want complete RTO (more than 'hydrid' 2-3 days per week), then you should at least give cubicles, and ideally offices (even if it's 'only' 2-4 person per office).
The relatively small amount of money I have put into my espresso setup has made a noticeable difference:
* Breville Bambino
* Niche Zero
* IMS 20mm baskets for Breville portafilters
I can get within spitting distance of most third-wave coffee shops most days.
Still a lot to learn but I can tell I'm nearing the point of rapidly diminishing returns. I'll probably look to upgrade the Bambino when it dies, but I'm not really jonesing for much more at this point.
I would not take any of it so seriously. This is really common across multiple companies. I'm work in a Data Science org and get so much crap like this.
I think there is some CRM that automatically sends these emails to all the email addresses in their system. Your email address is easy to figure out since every company has something like first.lastname@company.com, finitiallastname@company.com etc. You can use LinkedIn to find people with a particular job title and then spam them.
The most comical set of emails I received was from a company that used an ever escalating set of words and images (e.g. a sad puppy) to try and make me feel guilty and respond. I found the sad puppy one so amusing I almost replied just to say the email made me chuckle.
Click the SPAM button and send it to your Junk Folder. Eventually the CRM system will realize you are never going to respond.
Occasional a sales person will contact me on LinkedIn or tries more personal ways to reach them, I just say that I'm not in a position to make any evaluation or purchasing decisions and I don't know anybody who does. That usually stops everything quickly.
Office rents show up on expense reports. So do employee salaries. What doesn't? Employee productivity.
There are many studies[1][2][3] showing the open office plans are worse for productivity. But lots of companies built them anyway. If the companies want to make an argument for RTO is better for productivity, but they also have open office plans, then it is inconsistent and non-sensical.
If you want complete RTO (more than 'hydrid' 2-3 days per week), then you should at least give cubicles, and ideally offices (even if it's 'only' 2-4 person per office).
[1] https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-truth-about-open-offices
[2] https://business.adobe.com/blog/perspectives/what-science-sa...
[3] https://www.rivier.edu/academics/blog-posts/the-price-of-col...