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>>livest+(OP)
assuming the details are true, I cant find any good reason for doing something so heavy handed and corporate. It's the number of people involved (approx half the employees) that makes this an asshole move.

>>anon80+91
This is a clear sign reddit is so big that media/big money is taking it, too much focus to not and a source of news/media for the rest of the media world.

Beginning of the end for Reddit.

Remote workers being removed simply mean it has gone from an engineering/innovative company to a metrics/bean counted/make sure you are in your chair typing in an IDE all day type of place (they might not even allow reddit workers to be on reddit with that type of ultimatum).

Even if that is not the intention that is the end result.

It is so strange though that business has really concentrated technology so much in the Bay Area, it goes against what networked systems mean. Is it smart that everything has to be in SF? Is that the only way to get the best people?