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@aras There's an interesting tail on that article:
"In addition, Unity will shut down offices in 14 locations such as Berlin and Singapore, pending employee consultation in some countries, and significantly reduce its office footprint for the remaining offices, including in San Francisco and Bellevue, Washington."

@AngryAnt @aras Sorry to hear that for everyone involved. It's a mess. For Berlin:

September: Everyone has to RTO!

December: Ok, we're closing shop, everyone has to WFH!

Pre-Covid, we had no rule in Berlin, people who liked to would come in, others would not. And that was fine.

At least they are giving people the option to take remote contracts (for now). But for me, if I hadn't quit already, this would have been the last straw (I really liked the office, and am less productive at home).

@jonas @AngryAnt @aras I feel this:
"Pre-Covid, we had no rule in Berlin, people who liked to would come in, others would not. And that was fine."
Is the biggest sticky point for me. In Brighton it was the same.

Maybe people tasted the sweetness and flexibility of working from home during the pandemic? But... they were already doing it before?!

@ciro @AngryAnt @aras I think it used to depend on location. Older and smaller offices preserved the "no rules" culture from the early days of the company. Some of the later and bigger offices might have already established more corporate rules pre-covid. But office attendance rules was never a global, company-wide topic before.

@ruba @jonas @ciro @aras Bad management can happen at any point in the lifetime of a company though. It can also un-happen ;)

@AngryAnt you know, that gave me a tiny feeling of hope that I really needed, thank you <3