Also we’re making more than ever and projects are launching with thundering success.
Unfortunately we’ve hit on some hard times and are going to have to let some of you go.
They need to bring you in to feel their power over you
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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
marcos@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Corporations nowadays are more honest about it. They’ll plainly say that it has been their best year ever, but they are letting you go because they missed their financial target… that they increase 10 to 30% every year no matter what.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Good news everyone (bad news for most of you)! In order to meet production targets (satisfy investors), we are optimizing workflows and cutting unneeded redundancies (firing most of you).
OR3X@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I work for local government and we were recently ordered to return to office because leadership was concerned we would look “lazy” to the public if we were allowed to work from home… I don’t work directly with the public in any shape or form. On top of that I’m geographically located about 1.5 hours from the rest of my team so I report to a different office than they do, so we still meet on Teams.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Incredible. You are going to meet “on line” but you can’t do it from your home.
SW42@lemmy.world 4 days ago
As someone with small kids, this would be my preferred way of working. Even with a dedicated room I can’t help myself losing focus and entering magic adventures with unicorns and building equipment.
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 4 days ago
I’m in a similar spot, my closest teammates are about 80 miles away and everything is over teams. My only solice is the fact no one works in my building so it’s really quiet (almost too quiet at times).
waspentalive@lemmy.world 4 days ago
How are we ‘the public’ going to see what you are doing in your home?
Asafum@feddit.nl 5 days ago
“Everything is going great on its own without my input so I need you to all be inconvenienced so I can look like I’m having an impact!”
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“How can I justify being the manager if you are productive alone at home?”
acchariya@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Step 1: replace middle management with LLM
Step 2: LLM produces pointless drivel and feedback that nobody reviews along with occasional misguided suggestions
That is all, there is no step 3 get back to work.
niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“Leadership”
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 days ago
It’s not enough that they have the profitable outcome they demand, they want the. WORKER to understand that they are literally slaves.
MrNesser@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Linkedin status update : looking for work
CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
No, they put in a lot of money for these office buildings, and they’re sitting unused. They have leases they still have to pay.
Juice@midwest.social 4 days ago
Relevant screen name
balance8873@lemmy.myserv.one 4 days ago
And I take it you are OJ Simpson?
CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If you think I’m arguing for them, I’m not.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The other side of the coin is, when people WFH, they feel how useless they are.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Is that so? I would argue opposite
CluckN@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Any moment I’m not raising stakeholder value is useless to me.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 days ago
How do you think they feel useless? I have found 2 versions of work at home. One actually is more productive because they do not have the usual distractions of the work place. The other has a full schedule of chores and fits their work in around doing chores not related to their employment
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 4 days ago
We were fully remote during the height of the pandemic. Right now we’re on a 3 days a week in office plan, except if you live further than 50km or 1h away. Some also have a grandfathered agreement. Then it’s a single day per week, where we discuss things as a team and grab lunch after. I think it’s nice to occasionally meet your colleagues, especially if you all work very closely together. Doesn’t even have to be once a week.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
My mother-in-law’s job has a similar policy, except the range is 50 miles… She lives almost exactly 49.9 miles away from her job. The company refuses to budge, (“if we gave an exception to you, we’d have to do it for everyone”), and requires her to come in.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Insane.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
But also once you get to the office it’s all just hotel cubes with no insufficient conference space. So everyone will still do their meetings virtually on teams, but now with extra steps.
Fuck.
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 5 days ago
Where I’m at, they got rid of space to put people. So now we have to hot seat our desks instead of having a dedicated desk. Very cool.
lobut@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Even better when your team isn’t in. So you gotta go in to do Zoom calls …
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Hotel cubes? You mean non-adjustable shared desks with 10 cm high felt partitions which do absolutely nothing to keep you from hearing the espresso machine with perfect clarity no matter where you sit. Also, every team contains at least one consultant who remotes in from another country so all meetings have to be on Teams.