Zoom orders workers back to the office
The company says staff living near offices should work in person at least twice a week.
A company that achieved success due to people having to WFH are now forcing staff back in to the office
Somebody should tell them about that software you can use for video teleconferences in case that opens up options for remote work. Can't remember what it's called though.
No, those types of apps are obviously not useful for remote work, or else they would use one. Back to work.
Google meet?
That's just bad PR. I can't imagine the potential profits are worth the risk.
It’s been proven over and over remote work retains top talent and makes people better at their work. And the “productivity loss” is covered by the fact that people maybe get less done in eight hours, but work longer to make up for the productivity they lost to taking more breaks.
But American capitalism has to remind the workers that their misery is part of the point.
The productivity loss takes place at the office. You go from being able to solve problems all day to having Susie Homemaker and Joe Blob wanting to talk to you about the sportsball event when you're in the middle of super complicated logic. You go from being able to use the restroom 30 seconds from your desk to walking 10 minutes to get to the closest one at the office. You go from making a quick sandwich and then getting back to work, to driving miles away to find something decent to eat. Every engineer I know is more productive at home.
More likely, they've reached critical mass and are now using this as a downsizing move. They know a % will quit. Will reduce the number they have to float until eventual layoffs.
Is their software so bad that they can't even use it for its intended purpose?
I personally really don't like zoom. Apparently still useful for mass layoff calls
In a company meeting yesterday, by any chance?
Why was it even popular in the first place?
This is so deliciously hypocritical.
This is on top of the changes to their Terms of Service that enables them to use anything on your calls to train their AI and scrap any customer data.
I know a lot of therapists and doctors that use Zoom...
Where is Zoom even HQed? These articles are shitty.
Quick search says San Jose, California.
This is just epic shortsightedness.