Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer"We are not a work from home company" - the CEO of the company I work for
"Forcing employees to come to the office under the threat of discipline leads to disengagement, fear, and distrust"
and with this major storm hitting us here...tomorrow is going to be an interesting day.
Catherine Lundoff@Princejvstin I truly despise your management. You could call in sick, I suspect. They certainly deserve it.
Annaka Kalton@Princejvstin Ugh. Good luck!
John Chu@Princejvstin Argh. I'm so sorry. Your company would probably be way better off if your CEO weren't so awful about this.
@john_chu I am nearly dead certain some of the people who have quit over the last year have been over this policy.
Our employee manual just got updated, too, reinforcing this policy decision
Our employee manual just got updated, too, reinforcing this policy decision
ex or current IDF unwelcome@Princejvstin @cstross The Laundry not the nicest place to work
masukomi2 thoughts re that
1. why do any of those managers persist in believing that somehow seeing someone sitting in a chair means they're being productive
2. "quiet quitting" is just doing what they asked you to and not offering unpaid extra labor. a) being in the office wouldn't change that b) it's literally what you were hired to do. bs expectations of free bonus work are bs.
HollieK@masukomi @Princejvstin 1. Maybe they're caught up in the visibility competition, where your department looks better if it's visibly in the office. I don't think it has much to do with productivity at all, but visible busyness.
@HollieK72 @Princejvstin i thinks it’s more about a sense of control. When you can’t see your workers to just have to trust that they’re working . When you see them you can have some degree of control over what they’re doing and (mistakenly) believe that butts in seats = doing work.
General Mayhen@masukomi @HollieK72 @Princejvstin And those same managers are panicking realising they actually aren't needed. Where before those same people were the ones nominating who gets made redundant they are realising they are redundant.
Auntie Mame@Princejvstin The number of migraines I had reduced when we started WFH. You bet I’ll have that dr’s note when it’s time to return.
Mark Sarney@Princejvstin Keep in mind that CEOs and execs in general are extroverts who paid a lot for their work meet-up stage. Killing productivity, profits and retention to keep playing office is a no-brainer for them.
LisPi@Princejvstin I dislike how they're using the wrong word for #ActingYourWage.
But at least they're being forced to realize that #presenteism idiocy isn't working.
kimu@Princejvstin I’m sorry you’re having to deal with this, it’s sucks. I liked a lot of that article but this part made me cringe: “To address socializing needs, it’s valuable to organize fun team-building exercises and social events as staff comes back to the office.” Like, not in a million years do I want to do any of that.
@kimu yeah the focus of the article is definitely to try and get people back to the office. It IS Fortune magazine, after all
@Princejvstin ha, yes, good point.
Kat Kimbriel"We are, in fact, a micro-managing company, as our productivity & profits were higher during the pandemic. But I can't fire my nephew or cousin (who are managers)so here we are." -- would not be surprised if many CEOs are thinking this. . . .