Simple proof that corporations do not care about efficiency or productivity: the widespread RTO demands lately, mostly from large companies. For most people working from home is demonstrably more efficient partially (but not only) because they work more hours.* If companies actually cared about productivity and making the most profit possible, they’d allow work from home as much as is practical.** That they do not encourage this is obvious proof that what they claim to value is not what they really care about.

For most companies — especially very large ones — profit and productivity is maybe fourth or fifth on the list of organizational and executive priorities. Actual priorities are:

1) Wielding power
2) Being a live player
3) Advancing the interests of the upper class
4) Profit
5) Productivity

That said, I have worked for companies where “profit” and “productivity” were de facto as low as 10th and 11th on the list of org priorities. It’s not uncommon at all. Thus, RTO is mainly about wielding power and being a live player. That it’ll harm productivity and profit is not even a consideration for most of the MBA types who are forcing this.

But I already knew all this because I usually know what’s going to happen before it does. I wrote this on April 23, 2020, over three years ago now:

Did I nail it or what? Of course I knew I would. You know a swish is a swish right when the ball leaves your hands. As an aside, it used to bother me that people didn’t listen to me even though I am consistently right. Then I realized they didn’t listen because I was right while going against the herd. Then I loved it. Now I really enjoy people not listening to me and failing and flailing because of it. Wallow in your dumbassness, motherfuckers!

* This has been shown by study after study. Do your own damn research.

** Anyone who believes capitalism is particularly efficient is fucking insane.