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>super low interest rate
no, that's my point. a lot of the affected workers were probably hired between 2021 and 2024. if they were on the earlier end of that, it's likely they received an RTO mandate at some point in the last couple years, and on the later end they probably were hired right into an in-person or hybrid role. so I'm mainly talking about home purchases that occurred within the last 3 years, which yes, would still have involved \*historically\* low interest rates, but compared to the rates people got in 2020/21, they'd have been quite high.

>super low interest rate
no, that's my point. a lot of the affected workers were probably hired between 2021 and 2024. if they were on the earlier end of that, it's likely they received an RTO mandate at some point in the last couple years, and on the later end they probably were hired right into an in-person or hybrid role. so I'm mainly talking about home purchases that occurred within the last 3 years, which yes, would still have involved \*historically\* low interest rates, but compared to the rates people got in 2020/21, they'd have been quite high.

Let's not pretend corporates believe in academia when in comes to labor.
We know WFH is good for productivity, so do no stack ranking, 4 days work week, affordable housing.
And here we are, in the year of 2026, with RTO mandates going around like there is no tomorrow, stack ranking, 996, company town making a comeback.

That’s cute. No shot employers just undo all the investments they made forcing everyone to RTO. Especially during an economic crisis.