This is great insight! I've been trying to reason through why a high tech company like mine would risk driving away good people in a tight labor market with the forced jab. Indeed, the entire mandate platter. You make a great case for who has the kind of leverage to be able to stick it to the multinationals.
A thought I had, which could be a contributing factor, is the fact that corporations can buy acceptance of any questionable practice, and even get a free pass for providing substandard products and services by be sufficiently woke. Or at least they think they can. Some are seeing through that, and that shield is rapidly losing its plating.
This is great insight! I've been trying to reason through why a high tech company like mine would risk driving away good people in a tight labor market with the forced jab. Indeed, the entire mandate platter. You make a great case for who has the kind of leverage to be able to stick it to the multinationals.
A thought I had, which could be a contributing factor, is the fact that corporations can buy acceptance of any questionable practice, and even get a free pass for providing substandard products and services by be sufficiently woke. Or at least they think they can. Some are seeing through that, and that shield is rapidly losing its plating.