Comment on End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work

MicTEST@ttrpg.network ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is what is referred to as a “backdoor” or “quite” layoff.
  They know there are people who either can’t come in or who will refuse to come in. By getting people to trim themselves from their books, they get to cut costs without actually having to do layoffs.
  This is the first step of modern cost cutting. Next we will hear about other cost cutting measures, and then eventually layoffs.

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  • lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly this. My previous employer announced an end to wfm followed shortly by some people I knew getting warned that they may be laid off. But enough people quit that nobody got laid off.

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    • inspxtr@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      did the people who quit get reasonable severance packages? If so, were they reasonable compared to if they had been laid off?

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      • Eezyville@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t think you are entitled to a severance for quitting.

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      • lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t get severance if you quit.

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  • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have hopes that this creates a lower barrier to entry to tech markets in a short run.

    There will be a lot of talent, a lot of which is quite financially secure, that would MUCH rather continue remote than work in office.

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  • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also known as “constructive dismissal” in many cases as well, especially if people were hired on as full-time WFH

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