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[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

When I worked for Bell, they had just ended their WFH policy. I was required to be in the office every day. The rest of my team was still under the policy according to their contract, including my boss who was a 10 minute walk from the office, so they all worked from home. And most of my meetings involved teams in 3 different cities, not to mention the fact that it was Bell, so all meetings were over the phone with a screen sharing app. There were some other people that worked in the office, but they worked with different teams so I didn't interact with them beyond saying "hi" in the break room as I was getting coffee. But it was apparently very important that I be in the office.

Some days I really appreciate the fact that I left IT.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago
[–] danwardvs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Could also be laying off people without doing “layoffs”. Not everybody is going to return to the office, problem solved.

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Got laid off from Bell and couldn't find another IT job before EI ran out, so I applied to be a mail carrier. Been doing that ever since. I did apply to a few IT jobs after I started doing mail, but it wasn't long that I realized I could make more where I was and I really didn't miss It all that much. It's a little frustrating when I hit bugs in the software we use, because I could write the bug report in full detail but I have no access to submit it. But then I get done at 1pm on a Friday and I remember why I left that world.

[–] fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing! I'm glad you're much happier in your current position. I feel that about knowing you could fix things if you had the access