WaPo opinion piece from a CEO who wants people back in the office

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The best response I saw to this was that if your employees are spending 20 percent of their time on activities that "promote office culture," you should just institute a four-day workweek and you'd have the highest employee retention and satisfaction levels.

Amazing comment, standing ovation.

My thought when I read that 20% state was "Those extras are mostly done by the women in my office and that's exactly why so many women like telework. We can just do our jobs and not have to be the office mom, also."

Yes! That's exactly right. I also think this is a big reason that you see such a generational difference in demand for work from home. Older workers are often very happy with this arrangement (including the women) because it's what they know. But younger workers, and especially younger women, see what's happening and want no part in it. A lot of workplace dynamics are messed up, but older workers can't see it because they are just used to it. Younger people see it and want no part.

Actually, the article makes a point of saying it's the older workers who want to work at home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look all of you super workers from home. Sure, you are doing it great and it might be sustainable for you.
But, it is unlikely sustainable for the majority and even if it was, people in charge want you to go into office.
You have an option, quit or show up at work in person. At the office.
Your whining here shows that you are not a team player and hence you might be let go. Life is hard and not catered to what you want.
Unfortuanly many of this younger generation didn't get the memo about, suck it up!
All this whining here proves it.
You still think if you whine enough, mom/boss will let you have 1K prom dress.
Well, think again.
Your mom and your boss might be sick of your whining and trying to get your way.
Even if you are that productive from home!

Why do I get the feeling this was written from the back room of a dry cleaner in Annandale?

Wherever they’re located, they seem to think they’re still typing on a typewriter or word processor at best.

When a millennial has nothing of value to add to present their opposing point of view. Sadly, stupidity is the new norm here.
I can't argue my point so I will attack something of no substance. Nobel prize awaits you, my cupcake!

Your posts are too difficult to read with all of these extemporaneous line breaks. You can’t communicate clearly in writing, in regards to both style a s substance. Also I’m a Gen Xer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look all of you super workers from home. Sure, you are doing it great and it might be sustainable for you.
But, it is unlikely sustainable for the majority and even if it was, people in charge want you to go into office.
You have an option, quit or show up at work in person. At the office.
Your whining here shows that you are not a team player and hence you might be let go. Life is hard and not catered to what you want.
Unfortuanly many of this younger generation didn't get the memo about, suck it up!
All this whining here proves it.
You still think if you whine enough, mom/boss will let you have 1K prom dress.
Well, think again.
Your mom and your boss might be sick of your whining and trying to get your way.
Even if you are that productive from home!

Why do I get the feeling this was written from the back room of a dry cleaner in Annandale?

Wherever they’re located, they seem to think they’re still typing on a typewriter or word processor at best.

When a millennial has nothing of value to add to present their opposing point of view. Sadly, stupidity is the new norm here.
I can't argue my point so I will attack something of no substance. Nobel prize awaits you, my cupcake!

Your posts are too difficult to read with all of these extemporaneous line breaks. You can’t communicate clearly in writing, in regards to both style a s substance. Also I’m a Gen Xer.

Oh dear! A Gen X! How great for you. I am also not impressed by your criticism. It is plebian and unsmart. To say it in my broken writing.
Your criticism has all the characteristic of Grammarly user!

[Anonymous]

Too bad a certain phrase is still blocked on this site, because there was never a more appropriate response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

[Anonymous]

Celebrating someone's birthday builds company culture? Please.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gross. What a horrible CEO. And this is what she says in public. I can’t even imagine how she treats her employees when no one is looking.

What she is saying is that you have a job to do and you are not doing it. What she knows is that your are not working near as much as you used to in the office.
This spoiled crap of working from home needs to end. You are all fine with food service workers working in person the whole time. To serve YOU! But, you refuse to do the same in your profession.
Can't wait for all of you spoiled people to get fired.

Awww, honey, keep raging. We're going to keep working at home and not being fired. Cry about it.

NP, not a sock puppet, whose company has extended teamwork until at least 2023

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gross. What a horrible CEO. And this is what she says in public. I can’t even imagine how she treats her employees when no one is looking.

What she is saying is that you have a job to do and you are not doing it. What she knows is that your are not working near as much as you used to in the office.
This spoiled crap of working from home needs to end. You are all fine with food service workers working in person the whole time. To serve YOU! But, you refuse to do the same in your profession.
Can't wait for all of you spoiled people to get fired.

Awww, honey, keep raging. We're going to keep working at home and not being fired. Cry about it.

NP, not a sock puppet, whose company has extended teamwork until at least 2023

LOL. Typo. I meant 2022, though 2023 would be nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look all of you super workers from home. Sure, you are doing it great and it might be sustainable for you.
But, it is unlikely sustainable for the majority and even if it was, people in charge want you to go into office.
You have an option, quit or show up at work in person. At the office.
Your whining here shows that you are not a team player and hence you might be let go. Life is hard and not catered to what you want.
Unfortuanly many of this younger generation didn't get the memo about, suck it up!
All this whining here proves it.
You still think if you whine enough, mom/boss will let you have 1K prom dress.
Well, think again.
Your mom and your boss might be sick of your whining and trying to get your way.
Even if you are that productive from home!

Why do I get the feeling this was written from the back room of a dry cleaner in Annandale?

Because you are that stupid?
You only have one vision of people who might disagree with you? And you are not that smart as your only answer is to "insult" the poster? A sign of a not smart person is to lash out.
You are lashing out bcs you know I am right. That hurts and you don't really have a valid counterargument so you resort to alleged insults.
A person working at a dry cleaner, and in the back room, knows hard work. I admire that person so much more than you whining here.
That person knows how to work long hours and they show up every single day! The fact that you insulted and think poorly of that person is a reflection on you. A truly bad reflection on you, that you are so clueless to broadcast in public!
In fact, you have given me a compliment comparing me to such a hard working person.
Thank you.

Your sentence structure and syntax betray you as a non-native English speaker. Coupled with your over the top theatrics, you are probably a troll (maybe even in another country) trying to stir up trouble

P.S. You failed. We're aughing at you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

This is a management problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

No. She (if it's even a she, which I doubt) is not right. Your company is making poor, rigid choices and it will hurt your future acquisition of talent (if not make you lose existing talent).

Also, you're in the minority, but have fun with that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

This is a management problem.

And also hopefully a troll. "way TO long?" My 4th grader has better grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

This is a management problem.

Maybe but it's been a slow slide during remote work and no longer workable. Managers are on board with bringing everyone back. It's just too easy to slow down at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The second part of it is a bit disjointed.
However, she is on point saying you can be a contractor if you don't want to come in.
She is essentially right and what companies want is responsible employees.
Why are rental cars all double the price from a year ago? Why are all Airbnbs rented, also for double or triple price now?
The reason people need to be in the office is accountability. That you are working.
Let's be honest, productivity at home is not even close to productivy in office.
She knows it, you know it, we all know it.
Enough BS people. Show up for work or expect to be fired, in not too far of a future.

Awww. You're so cute with your outdated dinosaur Big Boomer Energy.

She's right. I own a company and so much is slipping through the cracks. Communications that took 20 seconds of face to face conversations are now long email chains. Client calls/emails are taking way to long. Productivity is no where near what it was 2 months into closing to in-person work.

A memo is going out in June requiring in person attendance no later than September 1 or they will be fired.

No. She (if it's even a she, which I doubt) is not right. Your company is making poor, rigid choices and it will hurt your future acquisition of talent (if not make you lose existing talent).

Also, you're in the minority, but have fun with that!

So much resistance to the accountability of in person work. This instance of staying remote is making the case against your argument.