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I think it's a threat to the competition (i.e., other companies), a bit of team spirit: when we're a team, don't mess with us! Earlier they have the 'crush the
by wolverine876 3y ago
I think it's a threat to the competition (i.e., other companies), a bit of team spirit: when we're a team, don't mess with us! Earlier they have the 'crush the competition' bit, with someone crushing a can.
Edit: I mean not that it's a message for the competition to hear, but it's the leaders telling telling the team 'we're tough - when we're together!'.
- dijit 3y agoThis is an unreasonably generous interpretation and doesn't make sense in context.
- wolverine876 3y agoIf you think so, make an argument for it! I'm all ears.
- dijit 3y agoIt's clear that the intended audience is employee's since they talk to employees in first person throughout the video- "*we* need *you* ready and present and we need it right now." this means that "US" in the remainder of the video becomes the people speaking, which in this case is the high level management.
- wolverine876 3y agoI can see that interpretation, but I don't think it's the only one. It's not perfectly communicated (as a I said in the root comment), but at work I'm looking to be productive, not find flaws.
- jrflowers 3y agoThis makes sense. Saying the article is bad is productive whereas saying the video was bad is just finding flaws.
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- croes 3y agoPretty useless to threat competitors in a video meant for internal employees.
- wolverine876 3y agoI mean, it's the team telling itself, 'we're tough, nobody can mess with us'.
- op00to 3y agoUnless you try to work from home. That’s our only weakness.
- persolb 3y agoThis whole things feels like the corporate equivalent of "I can't let me spouse travel. I don't trust they won't cheat on me." If a company doesn't have any way to determine employee worth other than counting heads in the office and peaking at their screen... there is a problem that won't be fixed by RTO.
- alpaca128 3y agoTheir competitors will have quite a relaxing year then, if they're up against this level of pure competence. Edit: 'we're tough - when we're together!' That's on a level with children's cartoon "power of friendship" messages. If anything it would make me run even further from the offices.
- op00to 3y agoThat people came together and said yes this is a good idea let’s do this - where are their spines? Why didn’t someone tell that dude with the weird huge hands that he’s got a stupid idea?
- wolverine876 3y agoIn my root-level post, I referred to shame and contempt. The parent is the kind of response I'm talking about - what other arugment does it have?
- saagarjha 3y agoOne wonders how their lawyers feel about that specific line.
- moate 3y agoHi. I'll just come out and say that I work for this company, and NOBODY, not a single one of us, not even managers, thought this was a good idea. My boss described it as an "extremely cringe threatening video" in our team meeting the next day. This video was not intended for a wide audience. It was only sent to employees. The idea that the "we" was "everyone who works here" was lost on us, and it felt that "we" meant "Leadership" I don't know why you like the flavor of boots, but it's a taste many of us have not acquired.