Cost reduction - even when not required or resulting in actual saving- dictate every decision from the top down. Planned layoffs continue despite overwhelming evidence that there is more work than workers, health benefits continue to increase in cost and deteriorate in coverage, investment in internal assets (pc, mobile) is non existentant and salary increases or annual bonus are shrunken to hit an overall low % rather than truly performance driven.
And despite the wildly popular (just peruse the reviews here) benefit of allowing remote or flexible work from home, there is a mandate rolling out for everyone to begin working from an office location full time regardless of previous hiring agreement, role, team alignment, or available local office site.