I’m sure Carl Pei will always be in office. /s
Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
Submitted 4 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225169/nothing-employees-office-work-mandate-five-days
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SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
He’s not going to exploit himself, silly!
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ok, good luck with that! Can’t wait for this guy to start whining that he can’t find employees.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office
fiveANY days a weekFTFY
atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not according to the article linked. It. Ever mentions this. I was so confused as someone who read this article more than once to see people in the comments saying things like read the article.
portuga@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Except bosses?
citrusface@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Guess I won’t be buying the CMF Phone after all.
Fades@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Except for manager-level peeps who crave the power and control that comes from dictating how people live their lives under them
EndHD@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
This is disappointing to see - especially since I like a few of their products.
I’m not sure how it is in London, but there’s a strong government push to get people to go back to office (the city). Since politics is every politicians side hustle, and a lot of them own commercial real estate that’s been tanking post pandemic, I feel like they are forcing companies to bring people back to re-inflate the real estate value.
Since companies can’t outright say it’s the government, they have to come up with excuses.
The worst part is I don’t know what’s worse: if I’m wrong or if I’m right :(
pendulous@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Is there a Lemmy community that focuses on technology, and not things tangentially related to technology companies?
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Best we can do is Elon Musk spam.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Sounds like you want smart devices, wearables, DIY electronics, home assistant, etc… “Technology” communities are pretty much always about the tech community and not the actual tech itself.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Hey nerds, reply with your lists of cool technology communities.
TheDeepState@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I say this all the time. Back in the 80s companies figured out that the same amount of work could be done because of computers. Do you know what they did? HR told them to fire one in four employees and redistribute the work. Same amount of work and fewer people to pay.
penquin@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I already hate their name so much and now this makes me hate them even more. Fuck them.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Look, I can do everything that I do at work from home, except prevent my boss from realizing that some Indian could do my job from his home at a tenth of the price!
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
People think this. However the people who actually cost 1/10th are absolute garbage. The people who you might want to hire cost 1/2 as much and work for a company that also want to get paid. By the time you get done you’ve paid 80% as much for worse work and are dealing with people in a different time zone, with a language and cultural barrier, and misaligned incentives.
Whereas your people want to get as much done as is reasonable so they can stay employed, move up, get raises, improve their cv yada yada the offshoring firm wants to bill you as much as possible without losing your business.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t be there to say “I told you so” after they realise that 3 years later. So I’m not going to test this for fun.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
…but why?
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
“Remote work is not compatible with a high ambition level plus high speed,” Pei said in the email, telling employees who are worried about flexibility that “this is a company for grown ups.”
“I know this is a controversial decision that may not be a fit for everyone, and there are definitely companies out there that thrive in remote or hybrid setups,” he added. “But that’s not right for our type of business, and won’t help us fully realize our potential as a company.”
Very reminiscent of Musk’s message to Twitter employees a couple of years ago.
“Going forward, to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0 and succeed in an increasingly competitive world, we will need to be extremely hardcore. This will mean working long hours at high intensity. Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade.”
And his own attitudes towards work-from-home:
Musk imposed a strict return-to-the-office policy for Tesla in June 2022, warning them they would lose their jobs if they refused to do so. Employees would need to spend a minimum of 40 hours at the office a week; anything less would be “phoning it in.”
“Get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,” Musk said, “because they’re asking everyone else to not work from home while they do.”
“If you want to work at Tesla, you want to work at SpaceX, you want to work at Twitter — you got to come into the office every day,” he said.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“Get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,” Musk said, “because they’re asking everyone else to not work from home while they do.”
elon musk, the great social equity watchdog.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Right so because he likes to work in an office and feels more productive when surrounded by coworkers, he makes the mistake of thinking that everyone is like that. Or that the most effective workers are extroverts
Sharan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Such a dick move
devilish666@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s shame they already turn into the dark side
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
He just wants to fire people by making them quit.
DeadNinja@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Ever since TV remote was invented, people don’t even lift their asses off the couch and walk over to the TV to change the channel. Unless a company adapts to changing tech landscape, they can be many things, but not a company for grown-ups.
zcd@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Unnecessary RTO mandates need to be outlawed
FanciestPants@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
They make phones. I had to look this up since I had never heard of this company.
I would find it weird to be referred to as Nothing staff, or a Nothing employee.
Banichan@dormi.zone 4 weeks ago
“Carl” is not compatible with the human race.
We need a human recycling center.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
This looks like the face of someone who’s used to getting yelled at
androogee@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Goddamn. It attacked my boy Atreyu, it made the Child-like Empress cry, now this?
return2ozma@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Moooooon chillllldddd!
Ilandar@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
Well, nothing should require people to be in the office five days a week
Fedditor385@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He is not wrong tho… it’s the company interest vs employee interest. And I must say, as someone who works 100% remotely, sometimes I do wish we are all again at the office. It was so easier to know whats happening around you on the fly, instead of spending half a day in your calendar making or taking meetings.
TheDuckPrince@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
So you can spending half of the day you save travel to and from work…smart
Fedditor385@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In comparison to the non-existing work-life balance in most remote positions where you are basically available 0-24? No thanks. I’d rather travel, the 20min in the morning is perfect to “wake up fully” and in the afternoon to decompress while getting home.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Which is funny because I own a Nothing phone and they literally outsourced all of the making of it to other companies.
ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Chaff
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
First devouring all of Fantasia, now this.
boaratio@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hahaha