Ask HN: What is the most unnecessary thing that your workplace requires?

Work from office and not just any office.<p>Work from the most expensive and congested area of the city.<p>Not only is it unnecessary, I&#x27;m sure it also raises attrition, lowers productivity and harms the planet.

Performance reviews - a director where I work said he started using gpt3 to write them. Basically most companies only do them because of legal requirements

My old workplace: Require installing antivirus on linux machines. Part of the setup required disabling SELinux.

Tends to be stuff that used to be a good idea, and out of habit, they stick with it (sorry no concrete examples).

Being a developer, I have yet to attend a status meeting that couldn&#x27;t have been handled over email.