Re:Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-of...
by ipaddr on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:41PM
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Times are tough.. let's spent what little money we have on renting an office space?
Re:Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-of...
by tkiolp4 on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:29PM
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> Tech workers have better pay and benefits than almost anyone else, and we should not be whiny about this. Most workers in other fields had to return to the office too.
So, if it’s bad for some, let’s make it bad for everyone? What kind of reasoning is that? FFS, we should be making progress, not the opposite!
Re:Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-of...
by twblalock on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @05:37PM
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Define "progress".
Working from an office is not some kind of dystopia. Quite a few people prefer it to other arrangements. Having a pandemic that forced people to work from home for a year or two does not change the fundamental reality of human social interactions.
I definitely feel, and observe, a noticeable decrease in productivity and speed of execution compared to where my org was a few years ago. I know others have noticed it too, including management.
On top of all that, companies are expected to run leaner than before because now that the bubble is over, apparently everyone remembered that having a sane balance sheet and making a profit are things that matter. So now we want per-worker productivity to increase because we can't hire as many people.
The basic social contract of work has not changed. Tech workers have better pay and benefits than almost anyone else, and we should not be whiny about this. Most workers in other fields had to return to the office too.