CEO was slagging off work from home in the microsoft teams meeting so i unmuted myself to yell at him

this is the second time I've done this. i do not like this weasely little man. i am gonna unionise the fucken place to spite him then quit anyway. ruined my fucken day

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Work from home is the best thing we have gotten in the US in my lifetime. The fact that they're trying to take it away based on vibes is... a lot
- A recruiter today told me that almost all of her clients are onsite, some of them six days a week. And the employees like it, she said, because they're mostly young and miss socializing after COVID.
  I think I responded with something like "capitalist hell scape" and the call ended shortly after.
  
  I hate this country
  
  I'm in my 40s and I do not like wfh. I don't have the discipline, there's too many distractions.
  
  Those kids only like the slop theyre handed because they never got anything better. Poor bastards.
- In Australia the public service union managed to get the default contract to presume WFH. Employers have to make the case that it is unsuitable for the role if they don't want it.
  Based on that other unions are now trying to get the same. The federal government is in favour of WFH because a) it saves them a staggering amount of money in inflated commercial rents and b) massively opens up the talent pool outside of our tiny capital city.
  It's so fucking awesome. My wife works for the APS and she has no surveillance software, just work she has to get done and deadlines. The pay is shit compared to when she was in private industry but we actually see each other now and the flexibility of work means she's not crying at her desk.
  <3 me unions.
based and telling rich people to fuck themselves pilled
These fucking losers really can't handle a workplace without being able to strut around the office acting important...
- The workers doing the job without the boss breathing down their necks reminds the boss just how useless they actually are and how little the workers actually need them. It reminds them that the working class will rise up against them sooner or later.
- It is exactly that. I wont name names but Im SURE he knew Elon in person at some point. He's a hardass brought in to "make us profitable" which seems to include being such an insufferable prick that ive spent HoURS today writing a formal request to change my contract (one of the few good things about UK equality law).
Where I'm working right now being in the office is an active hindrance — unreliable computers, unreliable internet, I have a load of resources at home that they don't, the office is often too noisy to concentrate. But you better believe they won't let us work from home.
- yeah im glad the programmers all hate even the """voluntary""" recurring work events coz the wifi in the office has always sucked ass (which doesnt help your mood when you've travelled 150 miles on a stuffy train to get there)

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