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The surveillance tech waiting for workers as they return to the office

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73% Informative

A new wave of return-to-office mandates has arrived since the New Year , including at JP Morgan Chase , leading advertising agency WPP , and Amazon .

President Trump 's late January directive to the heads of federal agencies to “terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person on a full-time basis”.

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70

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informal

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English

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54

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short-lived

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