Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech::Two weeks after staff at queer dating app Grindr unionized, bosses ordered employees back to the office. Nearly half the app’s workers refused and have been laid off.
Grindr’s Return-to-Office Ultimatum Has Gutted a Uniquely Queer Space in Tech::Two weeks after staff at queer dating app Grindr unionized, bosses ordered employees back to the office. Nearly half the app’s workers refused and have been laid off.
It’s an excuse to union bust.
It seems like the playbook for any company that wants to downsize now is to mandate RTO. That way, they can justify firing people with cause.
In the past, they had to move their operations to Bumfuck, Nowhere and request that employees move, so that those who don’t move can be fired easily. RTO mandates are a godsend for such companies now. Cause to fire without cost!