Amazon CEO tells staff ‘it’s probably not going to work out’ unless they visit office three days a week
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      • AlecSadler@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        132·
        1 year ago

        I’ve also heard that these megacorps get huge tax breaks by promising to bring an amount of foot traffic to the area which is supposed to bolster local businesses.

        Not sure if true, but if it is, I wouldn’t bat an eye.

        • SamboT@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’ve heard similar guesses that executives or whoever… invest in businesses that benefit from their employees foot traffic. Not sure either.

      • irotsoma@lemmy.worldEnglish
        64·
        1 year ago

        This plus management needs to justify its existence. Workers have proven they can be productive without micromanagement, which means management is a waste of money. Every worker knows that, but they’re afraid of shareholders deciding they want companies to automate management instead of laying off workers to increase profit. And if that happens, it’s just a few small leaps to cutting the biggest waste of money of all, CEOs.

          • astronaut_sloth@mander.xyzEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            There’s a bit of truth to that. Honestly, leadership via email/chat is hard. Bad managers can’t micromanage and pretend to know what’s going on, so they get screwed. Good managers (which I promise do exist) have a hard time really getting their team to excel and know what the real problems are that they can address and fix. So, every team ends up in a range of mediocrity either rising from not having to deal with useless managers or not able to reach their full potential with good managers.

            Is that bad? Eh, probably not.

            • SamboT@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Bad managers are a waste of resources just like bad front line employees are a waste of resources. Any role that has less oversight has more potential for abuse that is harder for the company to recognize. It’s probably easier to notice an underperforming employee in person than it is virtually.

              The longer term effect on growth of talent and teams is probably still largely unknown.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I work a hybrid schedule. I am definitely much more productive at home where I’m comfortable than I am at the office where my chair is shitty and the AC is too cold and there’s a lot of annoying and distracting noise and chatter than I can only (not totally) escape with noise cancelling headphones and loud music.