You’d have to check based on your country, but like @[email protected] said in a reply somewhere, companies as far as I know don’t get tax breaks when you donate at checkout.

They do it to look good, don’t get me wrong, but telling people not to donate at checkouts based on a myth is really only harming the charities.

I don’t donate because I’m heartless (is that a win?).

Ah yes, the other stuff.

A comment I’ve seen a few times is that remote work highlights the minimal value that middle-managers provide to companies.

If you’re employees work from home with little interaction with their managers and they do it well/better, then why have those managers? Like you said, companies want to be cost effective. So the push back to the office could be coming from managers who don’t want a light shined on their lack of value.