The hidden consequence of the return-to-office crackdown — more workers will lose their jobs

• Don't want to go back to the office? Prepare to lose your job.
• That's the message from bosses in Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
• The push to get workers back to offices could put millions of jobs at risk if people don't comply.

It's starting to look like the cruelest summer for millions of workers as they either reluctantly wave goodbye to sunny freedom — or risk incurring the wrath of their managers. 

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, employers are preparing to be unforgiving, mean-spirited, and downright vindictive with any workers planning on getting in the way of their great return-to-office crackdown, which looks set to culminate just after Labor Day.