This Is Why Top Talent Is Ghosting Your Company (And It’s Not What You Think)
You thought it was salary. Or perks. Or the office espresso machine.
Adorable. No—it’s you.
Let’s talk home office—the productivity paradise you fear more than data breaches.
I love the office. Truly. Nothing like the sweet scent of overused keyboards and broken dreams.
But life? Life doesn’t care about your policy. It demands flexibility. You refused. So I left.
You say “back to the office!” like it’s a war cry. But when I ask why, you quote zero studies, zero data—just vibes from execs high enough to orbit the Earth.
Meanwhile, I—one of the many developers building the open-source tools your empire leans on—can’t afford your central HQ. Or your one-size-fits-none dogma.
You say you want unicorns. But you built a cage for pigeons.
You say you empower people. But hand them scripts and timers.
Here’s the hard truth:
You replaced trust with templates.
You traded curiosity for control.
And when your brightest minds stopped shining, you blamed them.
You buried creativity under OKRs, sprint relics, and buzzwords like “self-organized” and “cross-functional”—then wondered why no one innovates.
Ask yourself:
If a genius can’t work near your office, do you hire them?
Or do you cling to the illusion of control and watch them join someone smarter?
Companies complain about Gen Z. But maybe Gen Z is just the first generation brave enough to say:
“Your system is broken. I won’t live inside it.”
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