Google's latest effort to make sure employees are in the office is getting criticized by some staffers, who say they're being treated like schoolchildren.
  • Last week, Google updated its hybrid three-day-a-week office policy to include badge tracking.
  • The company is struggling to deal with the downsizing of real estate projects and other cost cuts while also forcing people back to the office.
  • Google is far from alone among its tech peers in struggling to find the right path with hybrid work.