Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get workers back on site
Some staff members were alerted on Wednesday they were “not currently meeting our expectation of joining your colleagues in the office at least three days a week”, according to emails shared with the Financial Times. The emails were also discussed on the anonymous corporate message board platform Blind.
Its probably not even about productivity at this point but asserting control. People might start getting dangerous ideas like unions if they arent properly suppressed.
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Its probably not even about productivity at this point but asserting control. People might start getting dangerous ideas like unions if they arent properly suppressed.
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Control plus the ones who own the office space really, really need to make sure it’s being used or it looks bad on the quarterly finances.
Also, I have to admit there is validity to the benefits of in-person social interaction on certain aspects of productivity when teams are involved.