Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office

Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by dartharva on Monday May 15, 2023 @07:56AM (#35946781)

This is correct, except that the two "management styles" presented are the two extremes of a spectrum.

Apart from that, WFH does make management a lot more painful and tedious from a practical perspective. Things that a team could discuss and resolve over a coffee break now need to be pushed through tedious official communications, and their resolution is at the mercy of how long each person in the chain takes to receive each message, acknowledge it, follow up on feedback, make changes, clarify, finalize...

Maybe instead of setting arbitrary broad-brush WFH policies, just divide every role within WHF-able and non-WFH-able baskets under each business head.

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Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by re-thc on Monday May 15, 2023 @09:25AM (#35947772)

> Things that a team could discuss and resolve over a coffee break now need to be pushed through tedious official communications

Maybe that's a good thing? If the team can solve it informally why can't it be done over other mediums? Most of the time this happens because there's a lack of documentation or other issue.

WFH is a symptom. Fix the real problems.

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Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by dartharva on Monday May 15, 2023 @12:09PM (#35950508)

Doesn't have to just apply to SD. In fact I think SD is probably the least affected.

But Commercial, HR, Marketing - all face the problem of spiraling communication loops. Physical presence does make a difference in planning and implementation, believe it or not.

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