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bykhchung ( 462899 ) writes:
Guess what's very effective at protecting you from a toxic workplace? Remote working. (Not saying it is 100%)
Guess what happened to remote working in the last two years? RTO mandates.
Guess what's worse than living in hell? Going back to hell after spending a few years outside of it, knowing it is not necessary to doing your job.
Who is surprised that, after RTO mandates, more workers say their workplace is toxic?
byPatent Lover ( 779809 ) writes:
This x 100
bybuck-yar ( 164658 ) writes:
If I was going to pay someone to do work for me, I'd want it done at a work location, not their home. You'll get more out of them at a workplace rather than somewhere where there's constant distractions, other more pressing issues, more fun things. When you're at work, there's nothing to do but work. That's good for the people wanting the work done. Not good for slackers wanting a paycheck but also wanting to get stuff done around the house, look after their kids at the same time (the glorified daycare that has become school is only in session half the year, and not even half the day)
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byBruce66423 ( 1678196 ) writes:
I have three close friends who work in IT. Two work for companies that don't HAVE offices anymore. The third works for a local council. He has no need to be in the office, but the council has imposed a RTO 2 days a week directive on all its employees. The idea is that is that its employees will support the local economy...
Yes, it requires a different approach to managing; you don't just count the number of bums on seats every day, you have to look at whether the work is getting done. And not that the fact t
byjbmartin6 ( 1232050 ) writes:
The slackers are just participating in ./ discussions instead of working.
byruddk ( 5153113 ) writes:
No, at the office there is deafning noise and constant distractions. an open office with no walls barriers, just desks with 80+ people in the same room. Laughing, chattering, phones ringing with obnoxiously loud and annoying ring tones they think is cool, people having Teams meetings at their desk, yelling into their head set because they can't hear themselves. People having meetings around their desks, talking past you to talk to others.
And I swear some people just come in to chat and spend 1/3 of the day
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