Comment on Bossware rises as employers keep closer tabs on remote staff

xxce2AAb@feddit.dk ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• thebeardedpotato@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Ironically, my manager was someone who did very little “managing” and mostly did hands on work (I work IT), and he just got laid off.

  Meanwhile all the leeches that spout BS metrics that are faulty are all still here. Idiots all around.

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  • xxce2AAb@feddit.dk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah, the many joys of Middle Management. To quote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Earth:

    A middle manager’s day typically consists of:

    • Attending meetings they don’t understand about projects they’re not involved in
    • Scheduling meetings for other people who don’t want to attend them
    • Asking for status updates on things that would be finished already if they’d stop asking for status updates
    • Forwarding motivational quotes about “synergy” and “thinking outside the box” while sitting firmly inside a cubicle
    • Explaining to their superiors why things went wrong and to their subordinates why things can’t be fixed

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    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Man, Douglas Adams was a real one.

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  • WHARRGARBL@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I worked remote tech for about ten years, and rotated through several managers. The incompetent ones were easy to spot because they “led” by squatting on bossware like toads.

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