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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?
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Guess what's very effective at protecting you from a toxic workplace? Remote working. (Not saying it is 100%)
That's a great way of telling you didn't read TFA. What they described as toxic is:
- Toxic work culture
- A bad manager
- Lack of growth opportunities
- Increased workload
- Staffing shortages
Precisely none of those are fixed by remote working (and yes you are still subjected to your work culture at home. Heck I'd say remote work has made it more toxic as people are reduced to a number on an ADO board for their work robbing them of meaning).
bykhchung ( 462899 ) writes:
Guess what's very effective at protecting you from a toxic workplace? Remote working. (Not saying it is 100%)
That's a great way of telling you didn't read TFA. What they described as toxic is:
- Toxic work culture
- A bad manager
- Lack of growth opportunities
- Increased workload
- Staffing shortages
Precisely none of those are fixed by remote working (and yes you are still subjected to your work culture at home. Heck I'd say remote work has made it more toxic as people are reduced to a number on an ADO board for their work robbing them of meaning).
I take you never worked remote effectively, or you are one of those obtuse toxic managers insisting on everyone being in the office so you can abuse them.
By being remote, one distances oneself from (1) Toxic work culture and, to some extend, (2) bad manager (especially the micromanaging types). And the time taken to commute to work itself contribute to (4) Increased workload, which is opposite side of the same coin as (5) Staffing shortages.
So remote working alleviated 4 out of 5 issues, and you are blind
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
I take you never worked remote effectively,
What the fuck are you talking about? I take it you didn't read my post in the slightest. Nothing about the list is in any way fixed by working remotely. (and yes I have worked remotely now since about 4 years before COVID even started).
1) You don't have different colleagues remotely. Simply not seeing them in person doesn't solve toxicity in your interactions with them.
2) Your manager doesn't change simply because you're not in the office. A bad manager badly managing you will continue to be a bad manager when you're at home (actually that may even make them worse).
3) Lack of growth I assume you agreed with since you didn't even address it.
4) The workload doesn't change. You still do the work.
5) Staffing shortages don't change. You working from home has no impact on this. And 4 and 5 are interlinked.
Nothing at all is alleviated. I love working from home, it's great. But the only thing it achieves is not having to deal with crappy people in person, and not being in traffic (personal time, not work time, so objectively no impact on the discussion of a workplace), dealing with toxic arsehats over teams or email doesn't make it any less toxic. Doing a fuckton of work remotely doesn't make it any less of a fuckton.
Did you put any thought into reading what I wrote?
or you are one of those obtuse toxic managers insisting on everyone being in the office so you can abuse them.
No... but you seem like a really toxic person yourself I'm glad I don't have to work with. Let me pay respect in kind: Go fuck yourself with whatever is in reach that is painful.
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