4 years ago today, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization

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4 years ago today, the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. pic.twitter.com/D26U6vbFkd
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 11, 2024

source 2On March 11 2020 the WHO declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic

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[pseudonygma]

Can you maybe speak to HR about it? Ask what type of improvement they're looking for if your manager is serious about changing the work environment from hybrid (what you sign up for and what everyone initially agreed on) to full time in-office. What exactly does management expect to get from you that they're supposedly not getting now? If this is just your manager starting drama over nothing, HR is going to tell them to back off. HR is more likely to be on your side if they sense that your manager is directly impeding on your ability to do your job if you've been consistently delivering results.

Granted, it's probably best to speak with your manager directly first before taking this to HR--just in case there's some sort of miscommunication and your manager was just venting with no goal in mind. Jokingly demand a raise if they bring it up again (you DO deserve to be compensated for the extra travelling you'd have to do since hybrid work was the initial agreement) and see how they react. See if you can reach out to other coworkers to gauge what the departmental situation is (eg. is the office getting ready to fire a bunch of people and are looking for excuses to see who would be the easiest to get rid of)