Comment on WebMD forcing employees back to office. "We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point. We’re informing"

Xariphon@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Pogogunner@kbin.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is the intent of RTO policies, yes. It's a lot cheaper to compel workers to quit rather than fire them.

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  • averagedrunk@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same thing is happening a lot of places. One large american company that I’m not going to mention is doing several rounds of layoffs along with a return to office initiative.

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    • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s Amazon.

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      • averagedrunk@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s not the one I was talking about, but it doesn’t surprise me.

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  • Rolder@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What if you just pretend you don’t know what RTO is and stay home anyway

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    • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s literally what a bunch of Amazon employees (engineers and stuff, not like warehouse workers) were doing, and last time I checked it was actually going weirdly well…?

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    • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I barely even read my corporate bullshit emails. Unless my actual boss is telling me something, IDGAF.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    so strike time then?

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