• nieceandtows@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    “With more people in the office, we are in a better position to use our own technologies”??? What? Do they actually know what their product is?

    • Prox@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Classic corporate doublespeak, IMO.

      “This is bad, but bad is good.”

    • Oneobi@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yah, so bizarre seeing a large room (because there are no available small rooms) with a single individual chatting on a meeting.

      Is this how far humanity has come.

      Also offices are so noisy.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t let it fool you, they’ll make exceptions to the rule for the ones they want to keep. This is just a way to make their “worst” performers miserable so they quit instead of laying them off. All the shit tech companies are doing it.

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        1 year ago

        As a datapoint from the other side, my company (big tech) is holding the party line no matter what. Lower level engineer or director - if you don’t come in the requisite number of days a week, you’re out. It’s a bafflingly short-sighted move, but company culture is more important than anything apparently.

        • crusa187@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          You don’t have to waste people’s time and burn gas in traffic to foster a meaningful company culture. This is just about management egos needing to feel important, and always has been.

  • meseek #2982@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    The same BS my last employer was droning on and on about when he forced us all back because “collaboration”!

    He spoke about “zoom fatigue”, which isn’t a real thing btw but that’s another matter entirely, and how being in the same building was better for us as a team.

    The amount of collaboration it spark was exactly how many fucks I give about Zoom.