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Here's the lesson I hope people learn from this: your employer is not your friend. Why are they doing this now? Because they can. 2-3 years ago when it was a t

by jmyeet 2y ago

Here's the lesson I hope people learn from this: your employer is not your friend. Why are they doing this now? Because they can. 2-3 years ago when it was a tight job market, Amazon (and every other tech company) was all about remote work. This started out of necessity (ie the pandemic) but it became a way to lure employees who had moved during the pandemic. I think a lot of us deluded ourselves into thinking tech companies were different to any other employer. They are not. You are a cost they want to reduce. RTO will cause a few to quit and the rest to be more compliant. Those who quit are cheaper than a layoff. When there's a layoff (or people quit), they aren't replaced. Why? Their work is redistributed to those who remain. It's more work done at no extra cost. At some point there is more hiring but that's part of the "natural" 5% layoff rate that is now a permanent feature of your employment. It is all about suppressing wages and getting you to do more for the same or less money.

underseacables 2y ago
This is going to be very controversial, but I think the technology industry of America is very smug. A lot of people will get very angry about not getting to WFH, but then have an issue when McDonalds's drive through is really somebody working from home. Silicon Valley has a hubris problem and it extends throughout the Wfh debate. How dare you make me come into the office, I'm important. I work for Amazon.
- analognoise 2y ago
  This is a crab in a boiling pot pulling the other crabs back rather than let them escape. After we all demonstrated increased productivity during Covid, with record profits, everyone is happier and it’s better for the environment… we all have to go in because otherwise we’re somehow smug about our importance? Does that make any sense? This just reads as jealousy to me; not really a good spot to make calls from.

by jmyeet 2y ago

underseacables 2y ago

This is going to be very controversial, but I think the technology industry of America is very smug. A lot of people will get very angry about not getting to WFH, but then have an issue when McDonalds's drive through is really somebody working from home. Silicon Valley has a hubris problem and it extends throughout the Wfh debate. How dare you make me come into the office, I'm important. I work for Amazon.

analognoise 2y ago
This is a crab in a boiling pot pulling the other crabs back rather than let them escape. After we all demonstrated increased productivity during Covid, with record profits, everyone is happier and it’s better for the environment… we all have to go in because otherwise we’re somehow smug about our importance? Does that make any sense? This just reads as jealousy to me; not really a good spot to make calls from.