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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Hard truth realized as a CEO"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Investing millions in main st businesses

Obviously a commercial real estate investor, weak gaslighting attempt though.

She knows those who schlepped into offices before Covid realize how much better remote is for everyone, so tries to target kids who are fresh out of school and didn’t necessarily experience that dichotomy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

HR people are truly the great parasites of our time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Honestly to a degree I see the vision but sadly the way most workplaces are organized won't improve your mental health either.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I could spend 3 hours a day on a train and do teams meetings in the office, or i could not do 3 hours a day on trains and do teams meetings at home.

I was paying £550 a month in train tickets before covid freed me

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Hard truth I learned as a CEO: Sometimes you have to lie to get what you want, regardless of reality and facts"

Anyone who thinks more work gets done in the office is an idiot, or lying.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Eh, it depends. I find that there is a benefit in highly collaborative projects or in an environment where training is a component.

For instance, a lot of data showed that junior staff productivity tanked as they didn't have the mentoring opportunities that they would have had in a full remote environment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

right now I am hiding in a call booth in my office on our one in person day a week because the rest of the office is singing along to achy breaky heart while two junior employees throw lifesaver mints at each other.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Do many people get mentored in the office? I have worked for decades and have never been mentored.

Edit: I assume random, one off comments don't count as mentoring. "Don't put your feed up on the desk" isn't mentoring right?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

In my industry, it is very common. It is generally accepted that a large part of senior staff's time is reviewing the work of junior staff to make the work better. A lot of that requires teaching junior staff how to perform the work correctly.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Just more proof most CEO's are damaged mentally.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

overpaid CEOs are a scam

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

The majority of people I would benefit most from being in person with aren't in the same country as me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

if you cant be responsible if not being supervised, dont tell everyone about it

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ah yes. The lament of the middle managers with nothing to do. They feel threatened because it turns out they weren't needed after all.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I work from home, and my manager works from home also. He's not even in the same country as me.

Not all middle management has a thing for insisting people work from the office.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Middle managers don't have power to insist such things. Daddy CEO makes these calls with a lot of fanfare

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

This person is a disgrace.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being promoted to the C-suite causes brain damage.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nah, the brain damage is a prerequisite. It does get worse though.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm in the office right now, and 99% of my meetings are through Teams.

My favorite days to be here are when everyone else is somewhere else.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Ah yes, the mental health crisis is solved at the coffee corner with help from your coworkers.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Time to go back to the office and have still all meeting online with extra background noise. Looking for a quiet corner to be able to hear others properly is great for my mental health.

Also the office life improves my soft skills, like:

  • walking with my laptop open im my hand with a headset on to find an empty meeting room
  • sharing desks with annoying co-workers from other departments
  • enjoying other peoples conversations about their lunch plans from the other side of the open plan office
  • fighting for the thermostat setting and opening/closing the windows
  • embracing the daily multi-hour commute in rush hours

It really builds character.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

My first job shoved me into a tiny room that's maybe 10 C hotter than the rest of the office. Anyone who wandered in would go "Wow it's really hot in here! You guys should talk to building management!". I swear the damn office nearly gave me heat stroke.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Your office windows can be opened ? Luxury!

After writing that I feel I may need to clarify that I mean actual physical windows in an office building, not some self opening Microsoft product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Your office has 11 windows?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes yes.. RTO is all about restoring the productivity and mental health of the worker. Ignore the declining property value of commercial buildings. Tell me again who stands to gain the most by increasing commercial property value? Ah yeah that's right; Billionaires. Interesting, at the bottom of every social problem we seen to find a billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Where is this energy during lay off season? No issues witb potentially 90k hours of social bonding gone to provide better executive bonuses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I'd rather spend my time where I'm most comfortable and with people I'm most comfortable with.

No remote working option in my current job though

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 days ago

"Hard truth" she just made up to fit her own narrative without recourse to facts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

People can have friends outside of work.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What an idiot. Yet another example of failing upwards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Well, if you work hard, sleepless nights and have family connections, you can also be that idiot.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

As a naturally introverted person, working remotely has vastly improved my social life, well-being, and productivity.

I used to burn all my social energy at the office, and when nights and weekends came around, I’d go into hermit mode to recover. Work drained me. Now I’m sitting on my social charger all day while I’m working, and I actually have the energy to see my friends after work and have much better balance in my life.

I’m fortunate to work for a company that let everyone decide what works best for them when RTO mandates started going around, and they get better work from me because of it. This CEO can get fucked.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

I worked in the stupid open office space these assholes designed for years. It. Sucked. Distractions everywhere. I couldn't focus on anything. Now I get double the work done in half the time and I don't have a pain in the ass commute. The hubris of assuming what works for you will work for everyone is astounding.

Thank you sooo much for your very presence. We are sooo grateful for your wisdom...

Go fuck yourself with a rusty railroad spike.

Linked in is a cancer.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every single one of my jobs in the last 5 years or so has stated that remote work has undeniably increased productivity and output, as well as general morale.

Many of them have sold all their offices so they couldn't even RTO if they wanted to.

For some reason one of them still keeps the 7 floor office building and even a receptionist and security guard...despite about 5 people working from there on any given day. But hey, whatever.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Lots of leases are for 7-10 years, sometimes more. They're likely contractually obligated to keep it for now. The sunk cost on that is at least part of the reason why RTO was being pushed so hard.

Tons of office leases have expired since lockdown times and weren't renewed. Not a lot of them left, and that's why RTO mandates have waned. Still get a few "the cruelty is the point" people like what's in OP.

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