• brax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Yup, my work pulled the same Bullshit. I can work from home and we all worked from home through COVID… But now suddenly I can’t

    So, there’s been a few times where the power’s gone out or something has happened that needs us at a remote location. They send the team home. The rest of the guys willingly go. I stay back and remind them that “gee, sorry. You guys have made it abundantly clear that I can’t work from home. All those times I had to take personal time… So yeah, no. I’ll just hang out here I guess until everything comes back up 🤷‍♂️”

  • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    My SO was told to travel to office every day of the week, only to sit in zoom meetings because all of their team is elsewhere.

    Reaaaal good use of everyone’s time and our non-renewable resources.

    • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Don’t forget that it’s also effectively a pay cut due to the added expenses and time lost in commuting. They should ask if the company is going to at least pay for the maintenance of the car if they aren’t going to pay for the time spent commuting.

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Also the time spent getting ready for office appearances and prepping lunches (or the cost of buying lunches away from home).

  • MrShankles@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I work night shifts. My manager one time called me around 2pm to ask me something menial and waking me up (as I was still sleeping for my next shift at 7pm).

    So naturally, I called him at 2AM when I was at work… because I had an “urgent” question about a work policy lol. He got the picture, and that shit never happened again

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    It’s astonishing.

    The capitalists know full well we’re more productive working remotely, but their need for control has proven to be stronger than their insatiable greed anyway.

  • whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yup, they started to force me to drive to an office where none of the people I work with are, now that’s the only place I do work for them.

    Used to think about and work on projects after hours if I found them interesting or realized a solution I hadn’t thought of. They’ve shown me they don’t care about my comfort, so I don’t feel the need to care about their problems either. The work will be there tomorrow.

    They’re so divorced from reality that they think we’d just give up extra hours of our lives for commuting and keep up the same work output. Fuckin nope, going switch to doing the bare minimum it takes to keep you signing checks.

  • BilboBargains@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    We have to call their bluff from time to time and remind the management that without us, none of their shit works. When we down tools its not like they can pick them up and get the show back on the road.

  • deltreed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    “You are not allowed to work from home unless we want you working from home” is basically their slogan. It’s so funny how these companies are ok with upper management working from home, or having remote locations in India where they work from home, or when it comes to working overtime/after hours from home. But, can’t do it on a day to day basis. Horrible companies.

  • krnl386@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    My guess is that some businesses get tax breaks from municipalities in exchange for filling office spaces with warm bodies. The idea is that people in office buildings support local businesses by buying lunch, and sometimes grabbing a pint after work.

    I’m not trying to excuse this trend, in fact as an IT person myself I 100% agree with the sentiment, I’m just trying to share what I’ve been told.