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The ones doing covert layoffs through revoking WFH are praying for mass walkouts that they can turn into lockouts.

by pessimizer 2y ago

SauciestGNU 2y ago
This is an interesting theory. To what end? To replace the entire American workforce with cheaper offshore labor?
- gitt67887yt7bg 2y ago
  It's to weed out the types of ego-driven employees who like to threaten lawsuits and publicly complain about the companies they work for. They'll lose some productive individuals.. but companies need their full teams to build success together, not just a series of individuals working for their own personal success at the expense of the team. If any individual could complete the product on their own, then the company itself would be pointless. Individual success is not mutually exclusive to team success, but the people who do not work well on teams are unlikely to return to office (or tolerate similar actions). Companies know this, and they've learned they can't find toxic employees by looking at individual success alone. There's other ways to find this dysfunction, but looking at team metrics instead of individual means you have to cut an entire team to try and force out maybe a few employees who actively hate the company. RTO is a unique opportunity to try a different, and perhaps more targeted approach. There will still be an some great team members lost for purely physical reasons, but perhaps fewer than firing entire teams.
rapjr9 2y ago
If you are fired you get unemployment (which the company has to pay). If you walk out you get no unemployment benefits. A better strategy to use if WFH is enforced with the goal of getting workers to quit is to just keep working from home and let them fire you, at least in terms of your income. You'll have to convince your next employer that you weren't fired for performance reasons. In any case companies that are trying to force workers to quit may be doing it to save money on unemployment benefits. If you already have another job lined up then quitting is the right thing to do, but otherwise think about the consequences to your income.

The ones doing covert layoffs through revoking WFH are praying for mass walkouts that they can turn into lockouts.

SauciestGNU 2y ago

This is an interesting theory. To what end? To replace the entire American workforce with cheaper offshore labor?

gitt67887yt7bg 2y ago
It's to weed out the types of ego-driven employees who like to threaten lawsuits and publicly complain about the companies they work for. They'll lose some productive individuals.. but companies need their full teams to build success together, not just a series of individuals working for their own personal success at the expense of the team. If any individual could complete the product on their own, then the company itself would be pointless. Individual success is not mutually exclusive to team success, but the people who do not work well on teams are unlikely to return to office (or tolerate similar actions). Companies know this, and they've learned they can't find toxic employees by looking at individual success alone. There's other ways to find this dysfunction, but looking at team metrics instead of individual means you have to cut an entire team to try and force out maybe a few employees who actively hate the company. RTO is a unique opportunity to try a different, and perhaps more targeted approach. There will still be an some great team members lost for purely physical reasons, but perhaps fewer than firing entire teams.

rapjr9 2y ago

If you are fired you get unemployment (which the company has to pay). If you walk out you get no unemployment benefits. A better strategy to use if WFH is enforced with the goal of getting workers to quit is to just keep working from home and let them fire you, at least in terms of your income. You'll have to convince your next employer that you weren't fired for performance reasons. In any case companies that are trying to force workers to quit may be doing it to save money on unemployment benefits. If you already have another job lined up then quitting is the right thing to do, but otherwise think about the consequences to your income.