[misnome]

We had a “Company webinar” where they explained that it was impossible to do work when out of the office, so forcing everybody in was the only choice.

Of the five directors on the call, one was in the office. Three were at home. The CEO division of support employees were also exempt from the requirement.

[blululu]

I was once at a start up where management decided that progress was inadequate. In truth progress was inadequate, but it was a hard science problem so the amount of work done is not necessarily the main factor here. They insisted that everyone work till at least 7pm (the place had a 9am sharp start time so that amounts of a long day with dangerous chemicals and sensitive equipment - this is the equivalent of staying till 9pm for software folks who amble in at ~10:30am). In order to avoid having to stay late themselves, management adopted a rotation whereby one manager would stay late one night a week while the rest took off on time (now early). Someone found a copy of this schedule in the printer, made a few extra copies and posted them around the office which scrapped that policy. Long story short the company was never going to make it anyway.

[poo-yie]

Ah, the old 'do as I say, not as I do' routine! Leading by example!

[phone[phone]]

If you lead from the rear then you can't be surprised when the front line breaks ranks as a cannonball comes in.

[misnome]

Which is exactly what is happening. This is public science, so pretty safe for them, but from the company survey 40% of employees are planning to leave in the next two years (one of the Directors said they had probably just misunderstood the question), many have left already, they actively withdraw jobs where the candidates say they want to work remotely, but still manage to find highly paid remote-only positions for their friends.

We’re asking for half a billion from the government, I wonder how closely they will look.