“Dell justified the policy change by asserting a thirty-second in-person conversation can replace an email discussion that goes on for hours or days and by noting that specific groups within the company – sales, manufacturing, and engineering – have already adjusted to being in the office five days per week.”
Dell ends hybrid work in March after saying in 2020 that 60% of staff would stay remote or hybrid. Asked for data showing office work helps, it offered none. Mandates like this push people to quit, and people who quit get no severance.