Comment on Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
RangerJosie@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Just corporate real estate.
That’s literally it. The whole reason.
Comment on Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
RangerJosie@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Just corporate real estate.
That’s literally it. The whole reason.
nullroot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s also easier to spy on their employees
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I dunno, I felt the most spied upon in my (programming) career when my team had a Slack channel going and everybody was expected to be available during working hours, even though I was WFH. When I actually worked in the main headquarters in downtown Philly, I would fuck off a lot and go shopping or take two hour lunches with beer and stuff like that. They even had a “sick room” on my floor with a very comfortable couch that I would take regular 45 minute naps on after lunch. Nobody ever said shit.
Ultimately both situations required me to produce actual software to keep the bosses happy, but the Slack channel experience was the only time I was really expected to be present mentally the whole official work time.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Really? You can keep Slack up in the background and appear “online” all day. Get the app on your phone, and you don’t even have to be at your desk to be “available.” I’ve had Slack conversations while walking around at the local park. It’s really no big deal.
If they expect you to be available for huddles at the drop of a hat, that’s just unreasonable. But as long as responding to a chat within an hour or two is acceptable, WFH is fantastic.
Tja@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
I respond to Slack messages by end of day. If someone has something urgent they will call me (on the work number, of course).
Tja@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Fucking Infosys contractors indeed.
nullroot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a fair take and I’ve certainly heard horror stories about the invasive programs WFH people have been made to install on their devices.
Maybe it just feels like it’d be easier to spy on you in the building they own haha.