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Wendy Sparrow@wendysparrow.bsky.social |
Dell gave employees an ultimatum to return to office some of the week or accept they were never eligible for a promotion ever again. Half the employees shrugged and stayed remote.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
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Drew Melbourne
@drewmelbourne.com
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Very glad that I was hired *as* a remote employee so I don't have to put up with this bullshit.
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mx. butlertron
@butlertron.bsky.social
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i know my career is weird, but i’ve never had a job where i wanted to be promoted. i don’t want to do my boss’s job, i want to do my job!
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Toni Jonathan Petrusgaard
@tjpetrusgaard.bsky.social
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In my experience, promotions are so wildly unlikely anyway, so I am not sure how much of a stick that is. ”If you don’t do this you will never have the chance to participate in this lottery.”
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mjfgates
@mjfgates.bsky.social
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Oh, PLEASE don't throw me back in the job I signed up for in the first place! Nothing but that, um, I mean "anything." *sigh*
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Lorne
@lornetoledo.bsky.social
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"We'll get promoted when the next CEO reverses the policy". 🤷♂️
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King Squirtus
@droojayyy.bsky.social
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And I’m sure the remote employees are outperforming their in-office colleagues
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OgtheDim
@ogthedim.bsky.social
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You've got to be an incompetent people VP to try this move because only the incompetent would not have seen this result coming
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chrisincal.24
@chrisincal.bsky.social
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Exceptions will be made at company discretion...exceptions will fall under all existing labor laws and we will continue to extoll the virtue of labor not organizing because it is better not to.
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Michelle Lamb
@mlamb.bsky.social
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Dell threatened them with a good time.
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Wrooby
@wrooby.bsky.social
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Honestly same.
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@tirenth.bsky.social
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Turns out threats of not being promoted aren't much of a threat if they didn't have faith you would do it in the first place.
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@ninjamonkky.bsky.social
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People realized in the pandemic how much free time companies were getting. A one hour commute, even if it's just twenty minutes away, is still two hours of most of your days. Plus all the time spent preparing your commute every day.
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Marc Deschamps
@marcdachamp.bsky.social
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These companies can get mad about it all they want, but the fact of the matter is that WFH is here to stay. If companies like Dell want to get rid of it, they can do just that, but don’t be surprised when your workforce decides to go find someplace with better benefits.
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Queen of Shiba
@captchalier.bsky.social
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"Eligible" should be mandatory if they are requiring workers to resume the increasingly insane costs of communting. The work from home guys will come out ahead if they can keep their jobs.
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R. A. Meenan (Sammie)
@zyearth.com
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Hahahahahah
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Aaron Bourque
@afbourque.bsky.social
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What the fuck does promotion MEAN when everything's on fire?
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Rob Pollard
@robpollard45.bsky.social
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I wish these folks good luck, but with all the staff reductions in tech, I'd be more worried about having a job if/when there are layoffs vs anything re promotions (which I understand not everyone cares about). Plenty of evidence layoffs go to the "out of sight" people disproportionately first.
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Joe Meek Till Brooklyn
@telstarman.bsky.social
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The smarter half. See how things go when the dumbasses get promoted by default, Dell.
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mav
@mav.wtf
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I still can't help but think remote work is dead. C-levs are absolutely convinced this godawful shit is a good idea and the tech sector is such a hellscape right now they can essentially make up any policy they want
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Kevin Carson
@kevincarson1.bsky.social
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This is especially funny because middle management drove the policy with their obsession over control and status -- and then got publicly humiliated.
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Chris Doyon
@nilbog3000.bsky.social
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So they effectively de-motivated all of the employees with the best opportunities to explore and pursue employment elsewhere. And probably all the ones who have been working administrative positions with the most instructional knowledge. Efficiency!
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Nolan Zugernat
@zugernat.bsky.social
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“Come back to the office or forever give up your opportunity for advancement where you might enjoy depression, stress-induced heart disease, and dying without having lived”
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Casey Wagner
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My neighbor has been ordered back to the office after four years, and on the day of the deadline he's just going to stay home and work and see what they do. He's got two decades in, so the severance will give him lots of time to find a new job if they try to call his "bluff". (it's not a bluff)
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Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
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promotions now are like 60% more work and responsibility for an extra 10k a year no thanks
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MikeWard1701 🇵🇸🇺🇦
@mikeward1701.bsky.social
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In companies like that, the regular worker has ZERO chance of c-suite; those jobs go to nepotistic simps or they hire externally. So might as well just keep it mediocre and ride the pay-packet to retirement or until something better comes along.
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Morgana Starheart
@morganastarheart.bsky.social
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Promotion = more money, but also more headaches. Whatever job they're promoting you to also won't pay enough for what you have to put up with which is gonna be more/worse than your previous job anyway.
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@mogambox.bsky.social
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Dell Hell
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Rich Fleider
@rogueswompy.bsky.social
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I wonder how many of them would have returned for a concrete guarantee of a promotion instead of just the vague concept of eligibility for a potential one in the future.
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JJ is tired
@jjofbc.bsky.social
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lol honestly a lot of time internal promotions are for suckers. You almost always get a better deal on a promotion by moving to a new work unit or organization
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LunarBike
@lunarbike.bsky.social
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Not everyone aspires to be a Director or CEO. Some folks aspire to maintain a healthy work/life balance. It is astonishing that some CEOs and Directors don’t see that.
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