Maybe it was like in my company (big investment bank). The CEO wrote a global mail asking everyone to start coming back to the office - that was 3 months ago and the office is still empty, seems like everybody just kind of ignored it. :-)
From an organizational perspective, this impotent messaging (if it happens repeatedly) is a sign that management is making decisions without vetting them first.
Even the CEO should talk to his team about the viability of decisions before just making a company wide announcement.
As an investor, I'd stay away from such companies.
