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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work (nypost.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work::Zoom is asking all of its employees to return to the office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, when the tech company blew up as one of the main means of communication when people were forced to work from home.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Clickbaity article

Zoom [...] is now asking all employees within 50 miles of a company office to go in at least two days a week on a hybrid schedule.

So it's not "all of it's employees". Plus, it's a hybrid schedule, which, for better or worse, has now become a standard across most organisations around the world.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Not that clickbait though. They are selling a product that makes WFH possible and yet aren’t fully utilizing it. Where are they located? 50 miles is a long commute.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Hour long commutes each way to appease corporate is still a bad joke.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I honestly think it’s good to get into the office space just for a change of mentality and scenery and a little socialization. Helps you get out of being at home all the time kind of funk.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I agree, being able to go into the office has been a nice change of scene and variety in the day (not to mention addressing the social atrophy I’ve experienced over the last few years!)

It’s the ability to make that a choice is what’s important. Corporate lifestyle is so dammed dehumanizing, with my bi-annual 5 star rating, the threat of at-will employment, lackluster vacation and total dependency on employer provided healthcare… It’s no surprise that the ability to have any autonomy over working hours and location has become such a divisive topic. :(