Managers who don't know how to manage are confused by being asked to manage.

Fucking idiot assholes. Even my most type-a micromanager boss in decades managed to keep tabs on me remotely.

Sure there are spyware tools that monitor everything you do on the computer. But it sure seems like a better use of time and money to just hire good people, trust them, and evaluate the quality and timeliness of work.

These idiot companies should spend some time training managers how to do their goddamn jobs effectively.

More like how do they justify their jobs. Supervisors can't afford for employees to be judged on results. They need to have a system where they can look over shoulders else what good are the supervisors.

I’m just glad that so far my job has held at 2 days in office. It still sucks and I’m way less productive in office than I was when I was WFH full time, but it could be worse.

I think this issue does reflect on bad management. They don’t know how to monitor their team’s output, justify their existence or curb bad employees without being in the same room. That’s on them, not WFH.

Hey Boss -

Ever since TV remote was invented, you don't even walk up to the TV to change the channel - why the fuck you need to call us back to the office and breath over our necks? Unless you are a pervert (a lot of you indeed are) - you don't need to stare at our faces (or our asses) to assess our work, learn to embrace the zoom age !

You reportee (who is still hanging around because the pay is okay, I can work from home, and don't have to bear your shitface every morning)

I work so much more efficiently at home. I'm mostly remote. Come in a couple days a month. The days I go in are trying to zone out all the office distractions. Also I have to use a hotel docking station setup that I will always have an problem with at least something about it. A sizeable portion of my day is just getting setup and into a work state. I work in software development with cloud platforms. Going into the office I know I'm gonna get fuck all done. Also the Internet is way worse on site.

However there is a few people on my team that do fuck all everyday. I keep hearing rumors that they are gonna make us come back. It's frustrating because you know the few ones that are taking advantage are gonna be an easy excuse for management to call us in.

If the work gets done, then congrats there are no problems

I am going to the movies.

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Won't anyone think of the people in positions of authority?!

Meanwhile, how often do you see stories about the dehumanization and police harassment of the human beings our society banishes to our innumerable tent cities to die of exposure for the crime of being sub-optimal capital batteries?

Shit like this is why I laugh when politicians and oligarchs show concern for things that "threaten our way of life." As if our society with core values of greed and sociopathy has anything of actual value worth maintaining.

From the perspective of the bottom 80%, let this capitalist dystopia collapse into dust. From the perspective of those homeless Americans left to die by our supposedly ethical nation, it'll just be another tuesday, but maybe one where they won't be harassed or killed by law enforcement simply for seeking shelter from the elements.

Oh poor poor managers, you don't get to pick our noses all day long and time our pee breaks? How unfortunate.

Boo hoo fuck them

Dumbasses don't know how to do proper metrics.

I'm personally fine with going into the office but if you're job can be done from home and you are just as productive, work from home.