Posted on 01/19/2024 11:30:57 AM PST by ShadowAce
These days “deadwood” doesn’t always mean what it used to. It’s now often defined at “making at or near the max salary for the position, regardless of job performance”.
3 days per week, don’t throw me into the briar patch lol
Do they not understand what a 'sunk cost' is?
I was already incorrect about timing, but I don’t see how things don’t implode economically.
A lot of CVs from India are total lies. China as well.
I’m hard pressed to imagine a worse version of Notes than 8.5.
Someday it will go away here or I will.
WRT to my 40 year career of working almost exclusively in the field and at home, you’re wrong, period.
Nope, nor an individual’s opportunity cost.
Three days a week?
THAT’s harsh, very harsh....
Working from home is not as efficient and productivity suffers. Supervisors are unable to get a good picture of subordinate’s job performance resulting in uneven reviews for promotions. More importantly, creativity and urgency suffers.
I assure you from experience, your future will be worse. :)
I use numerous programs for electrical engineering.
Every single new program is worse. I used to get angry about it, now I just laugh.
When I have to go into work, every single meeting is just as online as it was at home. The only difference is I hear other people talking sometimes loudly, which I can’t have at home. We have cubicle walls that go up to my waist when standing, and all 80+ desks are in the same room and everyone sees everyone from the waist up, when sitting. What a productive situation.
Our manager wants us to “do something” with each other, so I find someone I don’t know and head out with them for lunch.
If I worked for a company that wasn’t spread across multiple cities, I could see logic in driving in. As it is, I am NEVER in a meeting that isn’t online, because even my manager sits states away from me.
I still get my work done on time and participate in meetings, just the same, at home, or at the office.
My company is going to get out of leases to permanently reduce their physical footprint and we will cycle into the building to large tables, for on-site days.
Noem always looks hot in red.
Just sayin’...
Sure doesn’t sound like a “focus on innovation” company to me, more like one that isn’t interested in attracting new employees.
Your experience is common, it will be the new norm.
Before I retired our teams were all over the country.
In my office I was the only person on those teams.
Going to the office was totally useless—and meant irritating interruptions from co-workers who had nothing to do with our projects.
The office was loud and a horrible place to work.
The hour long commute was a total waste of my time—and added significant stress to my life.
Many operations work that way today.
Subject matter experts are spread around the country—it is crazy to try to cram them into local offices that are irrelevant to their activities.
“IBM Consulting this week told its US-based executives and people managers that, effective immediately, they must work from a corporate office at least three days per week”
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment.
“Working from home is not as efficient and productivity suffers.”
“Efficiency” is a term I never once associated with working in an office.
I am so glad I’m retired. I don’t have to worry about this kind of stuff anymore.
I'm curious why you would say that. Do you have firsthand knowledge of what "they" are all doing while working remotely?
Perhaps you are projecting your own lack of work ethic onto others?
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