Anyone else getting sick of being retired to come into the office, just to spend all day in Teams meetings, never taking to anyone face-to-face?
95% of my day is solo work, email/Teams messages, and Teams meetings, because there's always at least one person in some other location, so every meeting needs to be over Teams.
Why are we in the office if everyone is wearing headphones, only taking to each other online?
How is this improving productivity or culture?
A more focused approach to making tape would work better than making it at home. Perhaps centralized manufacturing locations would work.
Tape and sand paper made at home would add touch points.
@r5 You are missing the point. Why did manufacturing get outsourced to
another country? I watched this happen in 2008. Multi million dollar lines mothballed, and the work moved to China and Mexico. Not necessarily because the production would be better, but it would definitely be CHEAPER.
Take a look on the company job portal and guess where the number 2 Country with the most job postings is? Hint. Largest English speaking population in the world. Average salary there for an employee in M3 Company. $24,000 to $29,000 USD. (Look it up)
Show up, collaborate, kick but, and good luck!
@m5 Because many jobs these days can be done from anywhere, since the resources being managed are cloud-based and not dependent on a physical location, like, oh, a manufacturing plant. "The cloud" doesn't run any better in an office than it does from my home office.
Well duh u can’t make tape from home.
@OP. The Return to Office mandate was never about productivity or collaboration. Productivity has clearly went down with RTO and costs have went up. The true reason for RTO was ego. The ego of a very small individual and we all know who we are talking about. If RTO was truly about collaboration and productivity then all employees and contractors for that matter should have been required to return to the office. If you moved away during WYW then you should have been told that you must move back and return to the office or leave and get a new job it is that simple. The mandate, if it was truly about what they say then it applies to everyone or no one. Now I am not saying this to upset those who have been exempted from RTO because of distance. I am just telling you the truth that RTO has absolutely nothing to do with productivity and or collaboration. It has everything to do with a very insecure and egoistical CEO with a very severe need for constant validation. Not much of a real man much less a leader
@kz They do it to manufacturing all the time. Not sure why you think it’s different, when applied to the office? It’s just business.
@js Ah, the classic 'get back in your box or we'll outsource you' threat.
If your only defense for the office is holding employees hostage with fear, you’ve already lost the argument.
True value isn't measured by a commute.
Stop using fear to cover up a broken management style.
Give a GLOBAL corporation the data that your work can be done remotely. What do you think a corporation will eventually do with that data? Careful what you wish for.
@bj This dinosaur mindset belongs in a history museum, not a modern company. Treating professional adults like lazy children is a classic hallmark of obsolete management. Pack it up—your era is over.
@bj sooo…. why did general productivity went UP in the Work Your Way era?
You want to work remote???.....Come work in IT Strategy & Services IF you are a "Leader" or "Director or above". Some remote choices include: Florida, Texas (I am not talking about the Austin area...hint hint), Ohio, and the East Coast.
You will have the experience of a lifetime working "UNDER" these supposed leaders to in IT Strategy & Services.
Maybe work direct for HOTMESS
Comm'on guys and gals. You are all paid to work, not rest to dial in from home. Everyone knows that remote work is simply enjoying at home. Be truthful.
It’s changing. They’re laying off remote workers now, even directors whose were in-person in other countries but whose teams were in another office.