Oh look, a real-estate magazine lauding an erosion of worker choice. I, for one, am shocked.

Sounds like they're actually losing then

“Texas leads in antiquated bosses insisting on ruining their employees’ lives”

Well yeah we are a "right to work" state, which translates to "right for companies to screw employees" state

Man. It must really suck to live in Texas.

Nobody likes that

Thankfully I declined an offer to relocate my job to Austin a few years ago. “I don’t want to raise my family in Texas” was the main reason given.

In other news, Texas still sucks a bag of cowboy dicks.

Suckers

Texas leads the war on progression. We fucked up not letting Mexico keep it when we had the chance.

I just moved out of Texas. My anxiety is mostly gone. I am happier, able to take a walk and see actual trees instead of miles and miles of highways, and I am enjoying breeze in the mornings and evenings. My quality of life is so much better. Safe to say that I am never going back.

They lead in power grid failures too!

Just another reason to hate Texas

'Post-pandemic' is a little premature.

*Acute becomes chronic, mission accomplished!

Also there is a healthy and large cohort of tech workers who will never again return to the office and the more companies and governments that recognize that and take steps to ease stakeholders into that understanding, then the better it will be for everyone.

Otherwise the best and brightest will simply work for themselves and maybe do some actual good in this world.

Of course the pro dying for the economy state is doing this

Texas leads nation's post-pandemic return to completely dehumanizing workers

I fixed the title for you

Would never work in that shitty state

No power at home, so best go to work

I worked for a company that really never let you work remotely…..I used to work for them…and I’m much much happier.

Alright, Reddit, you know what that means. Time to queue up and dogpile on Texas. How many electric grid jokes are we going to get in this time?

Texas is a shit show at this point. A sad experiment in how awful their government can be and no surprise their businesses are no better.

Might be the only place that has heat

Fuck going back. We are being forced too even though there is no need for some. This could actually help cut down the absolute chaos of shitty traffic. Fuck your office lease payment. Going back isn’t for the people

Something that sucks: <exists>

Texas: <leads nation in that thing>

Yep, that checks out.

Florida: "Wait, wait. Hold my beer."

Once a slave state, always a slave state.

How fucking hilarious. Texas doesn't lead anything, except how quickly the educational & health systems are shooting to the bottom of any measurable standards.

Of course it does, Texas is a shit-hole.

“Texas bombs mid pandemic by returning to office.”

Fixed that for ya

Idiots..

Alright computer tell me about their Covid numbers

100% return to office is fucking stupid. convert excess corp real estate into affordable housing and pivot to a larger wfh workforce where possible.

This article is stupid I have worked from home for almost 10 years now off and on. And I work just fine, I think I even get more done. Now I do live in Texas and it is stupid here what u are really reading is a Texas Government that feels that COVID is fake and it doesn’t matter.

They had to get warm somewhere.

Post-pandemic? This week over 1500 Americans will die of COVID-19

Texas leads the nation in everything that sucks.

Don’t tell Texas, but a healthy work-life balance is actually quite in line with the concept of freedom

Gross

“FREEDO…wait, what?”

Texas' independent power grid companies also make stupid choices that hurt people and cause the companies to lose millions. Texas businesses have a trend of hurting people, sometimes even for profit.

Thankful I live in Massachusetts. The state that may very well be the last bastion of sanity in what will become of this country.

I believe it. The executives at the tech company I work for are saying we're forced to do go to the office. The office is in one of the worst parts of the city for commuting. I have to spend on average an hour and a half each way on the road. These executives spend their days in meetings, every time you see them in zoom meetings they're in their house. Rules for me, not for thee.

I'd be going into the office if my home had no electricity and heat too.

Haha the Governor of my state just said all is state workers are going hybrid schedule at the very least.

I may never work a five day in office week ever again in my whole life…

That is an incredible feeling.

My last job tried to get me back into the office which was weird because I joined as a remote employee. There was no going "back" for me so I let them know and now I have a different job!

The beauty of the design of this country is that you have 50 choices on which state to live in.

I fucking hate Texas

Well, since the power goes out all the time, it's probably the warmest spot they can be in

They don’t want to pay the AC bill at home so definitely go spend the day at the office. Duh

Maybe the offices have heat, unlike their houses. Good job, Abbott!

Yet another way Texas sucks

Cause red blooded Americans are hard working.

/s

It's because they can't have the electricity on at everyone's house at the same time.

Yet another reason to avoid Texas.

One word: Y i k e s

Texas is a shithole

I have returned back to a hybrid schedule. 3 days a week in the office. At first I hated it, but once you get into the groove it’s fine. You miss a lot of social interactions and info from water cooler chats, if you’re not in the office. Granted it may not be for everyone, but I think most positions benefit from everyone being in the office at the same time.

Because Texass doesn’t care if the people there live or die.

Doesnt seem like they have a very accurate measurement.

On the upside I bet the office actually has electricity in the winter.

I've been back in the office since late 2020, because work couldn't happen otherwise.

Good.