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JPMorgan CEO Dimon derides in-office work pushback, demands efficiency
- toomuchtodo 2y agoIs there some sad group chat where all of these CEOs are discussing talking points and sharing feelings about demands for efficiency and return to the office?
- jdlshore 2y agoBoards do seem to be fairly incestuous and fad-driven, yes.
- nine_zeros 2y agoYes, it is called the Board of Directors group chat. CEO of one company is on the Board of another. America's boards today feel empowered to suck the life out of employees. A mere 30 years ago, this would have been considered cruel by the boards of them at time.
- djkivi 2y agoThe World Economic Forum in Davos?
- cebert 2y agoI can’t wait until these boomer CEOs retire and we get some new perspectives and leaders.
- andsoitis 2y ago> I can’t wait until these boomer CEOs retire and we get some new perspectives and leaders. That is such an ageist take. "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says remote work was a big mistake for tech" - https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/openai-ceo-altman-calls-remote-work-huge-mistake-18086265.php https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/openai-ceo-altman-calls-... And if you think Altman is an isolated case: "Boss of Uber rival Bolt vows to crack down on remote work to stop ‘insanity of people working from Bali" - https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/24/uber-rival-bolt-remote-work-bali/ https://fortune.com/europe/2024/10/24/uber-rival-bolt-remote... Villig is 31 and Altman 39.
- nemofoo 2y agoSadly it’s not just the boomer CEOs
- hadlock 2y agoI'm definitely hearing this from the out of touch 40-something executive level
- drweevil 2y agoIt’s the class, not the age. Young or old, they’ll always be exploiters.
- throwaway519 2y agoMany HNers have the same problem as Karl Marx and can't fathom most people are not high functioning high agency people working out their self actualisation through a job of their choosing.
- morkalork 2y agoEfficient is not spending ~2h commuting each day, every day.
- palmotea 2y ago> Efficient is not spending ~2h commuting each day, every day. To collaborate with an offshore team over a video call.
- kcplate 2y agoIf people want to truly counter RTO efforts they need to stop focusing on the ways it negatively impacts them personally and start focusing on real ways that RTO creates a negative impact to the organization. Your CEO and leadership doesn’t give a shit about you individually, they care about the aggregate organization. If you can’t articulate how it negatively impacts the organization to their satisfaction you have lost the battle before it’s begun because your organization gets to set where the work they pay for gets performed. Also bear in mind that unless you work for a tech/software only org, there is a good chance that many to most of your fellow non tech/knowledge worker employees have to go to a place other than home to perform their job.
- doctaj 2y agoAt least the evil villains are showing who they really are during this time of perceived power…
- purplezooey 2y agoIt seems that the brief period where demand vastly outstripped the supply of workers in many sectors (2021-2023) really terrified the leadership of many companies. Workers gaining a sliver of leverage is clearly something they are working to quickly remedy. And for unionized jobs, the current administration just paralyzed the NLRB so the tide is turning back to the status quo or worse.
- sydbarrett74 2y agoDimon just needs the monocle and handlebar stache. He's a cartoon villain.
- hnburnsy 2y agoWell yeah JPM is spending three bills on its new headquarters at 270 Park so of course they want to fill it.