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Me sitting in the office, because ordered to be there, while all my managers are remote, wondering slightly what is going on..

toyg 4y ago
"Doing their job" involves maintaining a feeling of power over you. You acquiescing to their arbitrary requests satisfies that.
ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Yeah, same. Just left a company where all the guys in the trenches were mandated in the office, but the management was allowed to work from anywhere. Assholes.
teekert 4y ago
It may feel like an order (That's an order ensign!), but it's a request, you can say no, they can fire you or grant you your wish, you can leave or grant them their wish. But agreed, it's really shitty and I wish nobody would be in a situation where they feel like they are effectively ordered. I feel it's a result of your country's (US or India, right?) lack of unions and employee protecting labor laws.
javcasas 4y ago
You know perfectly what's going on. They are management (upper caste), you are worker (lower class), hence you _deserve_ suffering. Next life, be born upper management you filthy lowcaste.
vmlinuz 4y ago
That's exactly what happened to me during lockdown - hired at a bank on a fixed-term contract, purely by phone interview. When I started, they required me to work on-site because I wasn't permanent staff and therefore had to be supervised, except my manager wasn't on-site and I was there for over 2 months before meeting him in person - they were actually quite strict about separation because they were worried about the operational risk of an office outbreak. It wasn't until I broke my toe and was told by the doctor to minimise my walking they they allowed me to (technically temporarily) work from home...
- mcv 4y ago
  This is completely the opposite of my experience. Most developers work from home, but managers are more likely to be in the office because their job is meeting lots of people.

toyg 4y ago

"Doing their job" involves maintaining a feeling of power over you. You acquiescing to their arbitrary requests satisfies that.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

Yeah, same. Just left a company where all the guys in the trenches were mandated in the office, but the management was allowed to work from anywhere. Assholes.

teekert 4y ago

It may feel like an order (That's an order ensign!), but it's a request, you can say no, they can fire you or grant you your wish, you can leave or grant them their wish. But agreed, it's really shitty and I wish nobody would be in a situation where they feel like they are effectively ordered. I feel it's a result of your country's (US or India, right?) lack of unions and employee protecting labor laws.

javcasas 4y ago

You know perfectly what's going on. They are management (upper caste), you are worker (lower class), hence you _deserve_ suffering. Next life, be born upper management you filthy lowcaste.

vmlinuz 4y ago

That's exactly what happened to me during lockdown - hired at a bank on a fixed-term contract, purely by phone interview. When I started, they required me to work on-site because I wasn't permanent staff and therefore had to be supervised, except my manager wasn't on-site and I was there for over 2 months before meeting him in person - they were actually quite strict about separation because they were worried about the operational risk of an office outbreak. It wasn't until I broke my toe and was told by the doctor to minimise my walking they they allowed me to (technically temporarily) work from home...

mcv 4y ago
This is completely the opposite of my experience. Most developers work from home, but managers are more likely to be in the office because their job is meeting lots of people.