Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4

Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bckr on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:45PM (#30536909)

And that sounds bad, but there's another argument that gets thrown around: "why should I greatly invest myself in this business, when to the business I'm just a number".

"Being managed" could also be called "outsourcing executive function"--make your manager think about what you're supposed to be doing.

Reserve that executive function for what you love, your escape plan, or whatever.

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bee_rider on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:11AM (#30537401)

Oh -- FWIW I didn't mean for "more easily managed" to have some negative implication.

I dunno. On some grander level, I know companies mostly just see us as numbers, but (and perhaps I've been lucky) most of the managers I've had have been basically nice folks, some have even given good career development device (some of which seemed much more beneficial to me than the company).

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by bckr on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:39AM (#30537562)

Right on.

And I bet those nice folks did a good job of taking executive function burden off your back :-)

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Re:Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other off... by granshaw on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @11:44PM (#30537253)

Bingo. Many people at a certain point have figured out they’re fine (or have to) be a rat, but they’ve had enough of the race.

Just do a decent job while preserving as much of your mental energy as you can for your family and your actual life

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