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Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel
Episode: Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdoor layoffs"
Description: Today, we’re talking about work. Specifically, where we work, how our expectations of working remotely were radically changed by the pandemic, and how those expectations feel like they’re on the verge of changing yet again. For many people, the pendulum has swung wildly between working fully remote and now a push to return to the office from their bosses, and there are a lot of theories about what might really be motivating big companies to try and bring everyone back.To explain it, I caught up with two experts on the subject: Step...