Yeah that’s not a bad point. So many of the outward indicators of status are stripped away when everyone is just sat at a computer doing actual work.
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uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
We learned that a lot of jobs are this thanks to the RTO mandates after COVID-19 pressured companies to let everyone telecommute when possible.
Two things seemed to mainly motivate people to return to office, even though it cost more in commute time and fuel and workers productivity suffered at the office. One was that companies were still leasing office space that was now mostly empty, and that made upper management sad. And the other is that a lot of clerical jobs are just there as the entourage of executive aristocracy.
The boss missed forcing his secretary to fetch him coffee on command.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 23 hours ago
1984@lemmy.today 1 day ago
I hate the entire culture of being in office. Where people are laughing at the boss jokes, only saying what the managers want to hear, and playing politics.
Covid was really a great time because we could finally produce work without all that, and productivity from the actual workers went up very much. And the people who felt bad at home were the ones who needs the office environment to feel motivated, because they enjoy the politics and social games people play at work.