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if majority of the people above you exist to ensure a butt in the seats policy. then yeah you ain't wrong. remote work is just about workers doing their jobs re
by dzonga 4y ago
if majority of the people above you exist to ensure a butt in the seats policy. then yeah you ain't wrong. remote work is just about workers doing their jobs remotely. it signifies worker empowerment - right now the workers are in control. and the corps hate that.
PR firms and middle managers are working over-time to ensure that we go back to the previous model where we all commuted in daily. But the labor market is dictating things atm.
Junior workers will always struggle at a place that doesn't support Juniors to find their own way. some people picture juniors as half seniors. forgetting those roles are completely different in their own way. It's the same reason mid level developers are so much in demand
- josephd79 4y agoYep, they are trying to manage remote workers the same way they used to 'manage' in person workers. Clearly they are not the same. We really need to shake this "if you can't see them, they're not working" and "Collaboration is best done in person" mindset.
- tomtheelder 4y agoI think it's an extreme stretch to suggest that remote work is some sort of worker empowerment. It's literally just different. The idea that it somehow invalidates the job of middle managers is a little absurd. If anything it makes them more important and valued in an environment where communication is more sparse and man management more difficult. More likely articles like these are just a response to the immense swell of pro-remote sentiment that's been growing over the last few years. This article was published by a remote-only org whose product is tooling for remote teams. It's not some anti-remote hit piece.