The new hire who showed up is not the same person we interviewed

Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by vultour on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:37PM (#30152077)

What you described can just as easily be done on-site. Remote work merely lets these people actually do something they might enjoy instead of sitting in a chair and pretending to work for 8 hours. I’ve met people likely this and they’d rather pretend to be busy than actually do something.

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by PragmaticPulp on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:47PM (#30152270)

> What you described can just as easily be done on-site.

You can't get two on-site jobs at the same time. One of them is going to notice that you're not there.

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by kelnos on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:08PM (#30154365)

I think the point was that many on-site employees get their work done just fine, but spend half of their in-office hours goofing off on Facebook or reading HN or whatever. So in principle that "wasted" time (assuming it is indeed a waste) could be put to use for a different company, with double the compensation. Obviously there are severe logistical issues if you're on-site!

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by sarchertech on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:09PM (#30153548)

True but compared to the number of people who are just unproductive at their single job, there’s no point in worrying about people working 2 jobs.

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