L4sBotAug 7, 2023

End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work

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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work - Lemmy.world

End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work::Zoom is asking all of its employees to return to the office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, when the tech company blew up as one of the main means of communication when people were forced to work from home.

Show threadMicTESTAug 7, 2023
Pretty bad optics when your company depends on enabling collaboration in virtual settings.
Show threadTest_TicklesAug 7, 2023
This is what is referred to as a “backdoor” or “quite” layoff.
They know there are people who either can’t come in or who will refuse to come in. By getting people to trim themselves from their books, they get to cut costs without actually having to do layoffs.
This is the first step of modern cost cutting. Next we will hear about other cost cutting measures, and then eventually layoffs.
Show threadfoggy

I have hopes that this creates a lower barrier to entry to tech markets in a short run.

There will be a lot of talent, a lot of which is quite financially secure, that would MUCH rather continue remote than work in office.

Aug 7, 2023 at 1:09amWeb