Posted on 01/27/2025 8:28:10 AM PST by dennisw
Then they can't write honest evaluations and should therefore be canned.
I was an engineering manager before I retired. I had 40 people - mostly MS, some BS and a few PhDs.
I knew the requirements of the projects they were on and knew their individual capabilities pretty well. I’d say of the 40, I trusted about 10 of them to work from home effectively. The others needed more oversight to keep them on track.
In some ways I’d agree with you....mostly for conventional type jobs. But if you have some employees and job positions that are highly specialized and technical, you can’t expect all the managers to intimately ‘know’ the jobs. For example, a manager with a PhD employee working on a project involving high level electromagnetics expertise.
>>Well Genny. You can always get a job making street tacos.
I doubt that would pay a high 6-figure salary for a “no work” kid of position like what she currently has.
I have no sympathy for these people. If a private enterprise wants to allow remote work, that’s fine. Jobs that are funded by the taxpayers are a different story, as there is typically a complete lack of accountability in government organizations. I worked in government for several decades. As a middle-manager I did plenty of “remote work” - outside of normal working hours. On two occasions (pre-COVID) - at different agencies - I requested 1-2 remote days a week and was flatly denied. I wasn’t happy about it, but I certainly didn’t take to social media to whine about it. After the second denial, I decided to take my retirement. There are choices one can make.
This is why guys like Andy Grove, Steve Jobs, and Alex Zaffaroni made great executives; they'd done the work and know that great technicql people don't need supervision as much as direction and mitigating social conflict. If the latter arises, said employees can make clear how those conflicts fit into the technical work at hand.
The finger pointing remind you of anyone.
They also need to end Zoom Court proceedings! It gives those who act up permission since there is no balif standing nearby ready to haul them off to a cell.
My estimate is that 20% have already moved half way across the country and worked from home.
Love the nose clip, not.
Anyway, everyday a new memo comes down. Hello, Trump has been in office seven days. Hardly everyday one comes down.
I note those doing the most complaining seem to be of the womyn variety.
BIGLY MAD!
LOL!!
Have them all move back to the DC area, so they don’t contaminate red states.
Seems high. But you may be right.
WINNING!!!!
Quit already you puke. Your title is absurd. Go away. You won’t be missed for a NANO-second.
A lot of people here on FR feel the same way. Been arguing with them for the past 2 years as they try to convince me that working from home is MORE productive...
Plenty of them here on FR. Been dueling with them for over 2 years now.
Yes. I understood the Steve Jobs thing before my comment. My contention is that we have damned few “Steve Jobs” managing government workers
It ain’t just Federal workers. Plenty of private section jobs are trying to go back to work and even folks here on FR will try to tell you that working from home is more productive. What a joke?
Seriously, why is zoom court still a thing. COVID was 5 years ago. Is normal never going to return for some people?
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