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This is the truth. Or someone is and those someone's are putting pressure on bosses who are amenable to it anyway because they like control/lack empathy for employees/etc
Bosses are convinced by articles in mass media that this needs to happen. For real estate.
There are a bunch of new buildings in my city that have apartments with retail space on the ground level. All the retail spaces are empty, never used. I live in one. Someone is taking a bath on all the losses on these investments.