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SashainSydney t1_iy7fcer wrote

Reply to comment by UsidoreTheLightBlue in The great mismatch: Remote jobs are in demand, but positions are drying up by JannTosh12

Or, put another way, some managers don't have the capacity, ingenuity, training to deal with changing times and requirements.

What I mean is, let's not blame employees for poor strategy, management, and process.

Also, remote tech jobs are drying up, unfortunately.

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Sheshirdzhija t1_iy7m5ly wrote

Yup.

Management now forbade us of having smartphones placed on tables.

They did not want to go with punishing people caught doing what they are not supposed to (netflix), or texting far too often (when caught), but instead all of us.

Also, have to check out to pick up food which is delivered like 5m from the door.

Next, I am fully expecting for them to start taking off work hours for going to the bathroom.

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pSyChO_aSyLuM t1_iy81z2n wrote

One of my previous employers said I couldn't listen to music at work. Fuck you, I don't interact with anyone outside of meetings, I'm more distracted by other stupid-ass people gossiping about Janet's choice of clothing for the day.

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kungpeleee t1_iy7sfzh wrote

Ha, shit company. Which?

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Sheshirdzhija t1_iy7tbv2 wrote

Small local one. It's IT/semi-IT. Productivity tanked during work from home, due to poor middle management, but also it was less work then, less customers, so norms were lower anyway. But then it further tanked after we got back to offices.

So now they are desperate. All they do is make people agitated and less productive. Many are now deliberately working less as a sign of protest. So I have no idea what the deal is.

They fail to understand that productivity has tanked because people got used to a far superior work-life balance and are depressed.

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gymbeaux2 t1_iy8e3u6 wrote

Punishment will continue until morale improves

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Sheshirdzhija t1_iy8j516 wrote

Is that like a business 101 rulebook, or are you being sarcastic? Not a sociologist, so AFAIK, this could work. Normally. Not here though I suspect. People just pack up and leave, since most are young and with no families, and there is no advancements. And for many, they think to themselves "you can't pay me as little as little I can work". Seriously, nobody has ever gotten a sack for underperforming.

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Northernmost1990 t1_iy8rmeg wrote

"The beatings will continue until morale improves."

It's a common sarcastic remark with possible origins in the navy. It highlights leaders' often ass-backwards way of punishing low performance in a way that will only result in even worse performance.

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ogfuzzball t1_iy858mw wrote

Wait, you said productivity tanked when your company did WFH. So why would they keep it? If people worked less (aka goofed off) when working remote, then any business would stop WFH.

Are you by chance conflating lack of available work (less business) with productivity?

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Sheshirdzhija t1_iy88d4m wrote

No..

Productivity did tank during WFH.

But, there was also less available work, because some of our customers were hit by lockdowns.
It is not clear what metrics my company uses to determine productivity, and in what proportions were these 2 factors responsible for lower $/worker.

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But, then we got back to the offices. And that productivity (again, however they define it, might just be $/worker) AGAIN drooped compared to WFH. So it's even worse then WFH.

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Now talking to colleagues, it seems many are depressed because they lowed WFH. I see that as the main reason for why productivity has declines SINCE coming back from offices.
But, management obviously does not, and have started a campaign of petty nips.
Like, you can you your phone if you have to for important things (as it was always the case), but can do it over you desk, or keep it in the office.
You can't go 5m outside the office building door to pick up food delivery, unless they deliver it exactly when we have a collective break (even though we have flexible hours, and can clock out at any time). You can smoke, or do whatever you want when you clock out, but apparently not pick up food.
They bring us table soccer, but the company is 200 people and we are only allowed to play during the 30 min break.
Etc..
Just antagonizing people with small things that don't affect the bottom line much, if at all.

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UsidoreTheLightBlue t1_iy7xfri wrote

Oh it’s 100% on the employer.

If 8/10 employees can work from home they should be able to.

Just because 2/10 are shit at it they should be dealt with on an individual level.

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grimace24 t1_iyadyu3 wrote

It’s also who is on top of that manager. I used to bad mouth my boss for being out of touch. Recently, I had to deal with his bosses on some emergency work and projects and saw that he was just regurgitating their message. If the C level folks are against remote work it’s less likely to be a thing.

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TheSchlaf t1_iy8hag4 wrote

I don't know why your getting downvoted. My IT managers didn't like WFH because they were micromanagers. You're going to have slackers, but they just do BS work in the office to make themselves look busy. The bad ones just slept at their desks regardless.

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