“I've seen better acting by hostages in direct to DVD movies,” one anonymous worker wrote about the video.

‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video::“I’ve seen better acting by hostages in direct to DVD movies,” one anonymous worker wrote about the video.

  • Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1814·
    11 months ago

    I’m so tired of businesses claiming that the only way for a company to be successful is if everyone is in person for the dear dear meetings. We all know exactly what this is about. 1. It’s more dofficult to micromanage employees when a manger can’t constantly observe them, and 2. All the giant real estate investments companies have made is now coming due and they cant fill up their buildings fast enough to get those tax breaks. Why the hell else are they “tracking” people in the office. Meanwhile senior leadership can come and go whenever they see fit. It’s control. Plain and simple.

      • Rascabin@lemmy.mlEnglish
        46·
        11 months ago

        Fuckin kkr. The ones who got Toys R Us to go bankrupt just to make a buck. They also purchased the company i worked for then sold it to another company which resulted in big layoffs some years back. They can eat shit and die.

        • crapton_america@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          There are company’s where their whole business strategy is to get their employees on the board of a struggling company with the plan to enact policies that seem like they will help but just dig the hole deeper. Until they can start selling off assets, move to bankruptcy, then sail away with golden parachutes to do it all again.

    • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      11 months ago

      It’s really just “we need people so that our real estate investments don’t tank”, I’m rooting for their shit to tank, fuck the rich.

    • czardestructo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      11 months ago

      My company had a badge in/badge out procedure, badge out was new after covid. No one actually badged out. They have since installed security guards at all exits and they will chase you out the door if you forget to badge out.

      • laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        What’ll they do, tackle you and drag you back inside?

        This seems like a horrible reaction to me, which sounds about corp

    • trebuchet@lemmy.mlEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      All the giant real estate investments companies have made is now coming due and they cant fill up their buildings fast enough to get those tax breaks

      What are these tax breaks for filling up buildings?

    • bean@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      It’s time for a boycott WebMD campaign. Let’s see how well they handle THAT 👹

    • wooki@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      210·
      10 months ago

      You have it backwards. Completely.

      1. I have no intentions of bringing my work home, work is a job, it has no place in my home impacting my family.
      2. I will not lose a part of my home to my jobs business. Its not their property, it is my home.i would rather the office be a bedroom so my children dont have to share a room.
      3. We evolved without video conferencing, it is natural and easier to meet with someone in person to convey emotion and understand people we meet with. It is too easy to dismiss someone over a screen, empathy is too easily lost. It is also harder to be ignored in person.
      4. I can see when my ataff are struggling off meeting or when talking to others and help them. This is a bit micro-managey however I value the insight especially for staff that struggle to communicate.

      The only thing I loath about working in another building is: the commute and distractions. The commute is expensive and a huge waste of time. I try and minimise the time waste with audio books but its forced waste of money. The distractions can be minimised with headphones.

      • Seleni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        I’d say it depends on the job and the person. If it’s the sort of job that can be done remotely, and the office culture is such that people are constantly getting interrupted by people ‘just passing by’ and ‘oh one more quick question’, and/or dragged into hours-long meetings that could easily have been a quick email thread, then it’s not a stretch at all to see that WFH has improved their productivity.

        • wooki@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          14·
          10 months ago

          The realestate claim is just plain backwards. It does depend on the person, but making the claim that people in general are happy to donate part of their home to their employer and impact their families with work from home is just wrong. Emails instead of meetings should be common sense for status meetings and has no impact on the choice to work from home. Meetings that have agendas should be in person, especially if its on sensitive topics. All reasons I have listed above.

          Some people sure do benefit working from home. I liked no commute, it saved a lot of money and wasted time but it made home worse.

          We work to live. Work should have no place in our home.

          • Seleni@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            10 months ago

            What I was describing was something many people who are happy to work from home have said about their jobs. Others cite their terrible commute as the reason they love not having to go into the office.

            If you don’t want to give up a part of your home to your job that’s totally fine. But don’t go around saying that everyone should do things your way. Many people are quite happy working from home, and cite having more time for their family and hobbies, and never having to deal with annoying meetings or commutes.

            You can see many examples in the comments on this very post, as well as the sheer number of people quitting when their jobs tried to force them back into the office.