“With more people in the office, we are in a better position to use our own technologies”??? What? Do they actually know what their product is?
When you don’t have a good reason for something but you also don’t have to justify your actions, this is the kind of dumb shit you throw at the wall to just make the conversation end.
“Middle management are feeling fragile and insecure and solving that matters more than actual productivity, especially for a company who has a share price history that you could ride a sled down”. There’s a real reason if you want one.
Classic corporate doublespeak, IMO.
“This is bad, but bad is good.”
Execs are no doubt panicking because the infinite growth they’ve promised as a result of their 2020 finances is starting to look unlikely and they need excuses to cut down on employees
fuck infinite growth
Yup, RTO policies are basically just to reduce headcount without the headlines being “zoom lays off 30% of it’s workforce”
i genuinely dont see who thought that would be worse than ‘zoom has no faith in own product, tells staff to come to office so dont need to use it’
every company at stages goes through layoffs and its always a bad few days of news but shareholders can be placated. what scares them off is a company saying their product is shit
I don’t think zoom has ever pretended to be a proponent of remote work, they just cashed in on the opportunity. I might be wrong though. But this is definitely just to reduce headcount.
Wow that’s not a good look tbh. Pretty shitty leadership if they can’t even spin it.
Maybe the world"s remote workers should avoid Zoom since it isn’t even good enough for Zoom to use.
They’re just all going to be in the office and attending zoom meetings.
Yah, so bizarre seeing a large room (because there are no available small rooms) with a single individual chatting on a meeting.
Is this how far humanity has come.
Also offices are so noisy.
Management doesn’t know how to deal with it. And instead of research something that would indubitably benefit everyone else, and in this case it includes not only workers, but also customers and even their fucking business model… They go back to a place of false comfort for themselves. That’s the sign of a sinking ship if I ever saw one.
I think they are just looking to reduce their headcount
Microsoft took a lot from them IMO. I use Zoom or Teams even when I’m in the office. I don’t like being hindered by meetings.
Most companies were going to at least return to a hybrid model. To think all companies would be 100% remote work is insane
So many roles can be fully remote. My job requires me I’m the office maybe 3 times a year. Why does that need to be hybrid?
The only ones pushing for this are the corporation’s bleeding out money in real estate rental costs.
When COVID hit and the lockdowns followed, I began working from home. They’ve asked for people to return to their offices and I’ve refused. I’m more productive at home and have a better work/life balance.
My job requires me I’m the office maybe 3 times a year. Why does that need to be hybrid?
At this point, you are already in an hybrid situation: why do you think that “hybrid” only means “x days a week” and maybe not something like “every time I need” (be it 3 days a week or 3 days a year) ?
It’s insane to think the loss of remote work is inevitable. My current job is in the beginnings of turning us hybrid and it’s causing talent loss. Our jobs are functionally the same even when sitting in a cubicle because everything we do is still done “remotely”. We still have to login to the VPN, access remote desktops, use browser based systems, communicate via email, etc. Even meetings with upper management are done through teams, because it’s just EASIER to do.
The only thing we gain from going in is the occasional donut.
That’s not insane it’s how people have worked since the birth of the modern office over 109 years. To think an extreme circumstance such as COVID was going to force all of these big companies to be remote forever is insane. The power would eventually go back to employers. And unfortunately not enough workers across all industries unionized so the employee power is gone again. I’m lucky I get 3 days in office and 2 days at home. Honestly I’ll take that over 5 days in office like pre-Covid
Booooo!
