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... Companies or government agencies insist workers return to the office, but since they have no offices to return to, they must work from home. But since working from home is forbidden, they have to return to the office. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Stupid, right? Yes, but that doesn't stop increasingly obtuse managers from being obsessed with forcing workers to work in an office even when there's no power, internet access, or sometimes even space, for them to do so. ...