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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bluefirebrand on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @06:45PM (#30535130)
> But as a counter-point, seeing a whole bunch of people who were never remote before, how little work they are actually doing, it is no surprise to me that a lot of employers are going to start forcing - to the extent possible - employees back into the office

My suspicion is those people probably don't do anything while at the office either but they are good at making themselves very visible and appearing to be productive when in an office situation.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by weq on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:58PM (#30535717)
Yeh exactly. Same thing happened in office, seems easier to hide with lots of water cooler chat. Covid provided the cover for slackers to get even slacker. My company was very empathetic to covid needs including reinstating forced leave due to sickness/family reasons.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by WalterBright on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:29PM (#30535481)
Back when I worked in an office, everyone knew who the slackers were.
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by craigie on Thursday March 03, 2022 @01:21PM (#30544645)
Why didn't the managers fire them?
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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by WalterBright on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:29PM (#30548519)
Because they don't take any pleasure in firing them. Most managers will avoid doing it until they have to, like the budget must be cut.

Often they'll just shunt them into low prestige tasks, and hope they'll get the hint and leave on their own.

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