Many tech companies, eager to please employees returning to offices, are providing perks like concerts with pop stars, food trucks, and “appreciation events”
New York Times
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@kateconger
Kate Conger
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Reminder: Please do not forget to upload your proof of fun to Workday by COB today! This action is required of all employees. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@kocienda
Ken Kocienda
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It must be common for people to think the big tech company they work for specifically values them for the thing they're good at and like to focus on: writing code, QA, project management, whatever. 2/
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@kocienda
Ken Kocienda
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Since most people have continued doing those specific tasks remotely since the pandemic started (and better! and more!), they expect the company to recognize that and make appropriate accommodations to the changed working styles of the past two-plus years. 3/
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@madelinecuddihy
Madeline Cuddihy
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Fascinating article on how companies are providing perks/parties on the days employees have to come back in office. My question - why are we coming back in at all? Esp for those of us who can do our work more efficiently without the trappings of a newsroom https://www.nytimes.com…
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@kocienda
Ken Kocienda
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Only, big tech companies generally don't value individuals for their specific tech work, and certainly not in a way that matches the mental model built up over years by a lot of folks. 4/
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@karlbode
Karl Bode
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this NYT piece on how tech companies are rolling out the “fun wagon” to get people back to the office somehow forgets to mention the pandemic is still going on, case metrics are up, and not wanting to huddle together indoors is perfectly reasonable https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@dubois
Lou
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What this article doesn't say? The pandemic is still going on (and with only 65% of Americans vaxxed, it will be for a while), case metrics are rising again, and moreover, not wanting to gather/huddle indoors is perfectly reasonable https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@business
@business
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The study, a rarity in that it examines actual hybrid worker outcomes rather than just their preferences, comes as companies like Apple, Bank of America, and Google are nudging workers back into the office. Full story: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
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The pandemic is still going on, case metrics are up, there's rampant community spread and nearly all protective measures have been abolished. High risk office workers are being forced to risk their lives to come into office jobs w/ zero saftey measures. How is that not the story?
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@kevinhoctor
Kevin Hoctor
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My commute is a two-hour bus ride each way. During the morning trip, I bemoan my poor life choice to work for corporate America. In the afternoon, I like to relax and have an existential crisis.
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@gregbensinger
@gregbensinger
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Check back on this in three months... https://twitter.com/...
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@kocienda
Ken Kocienda
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Apparently, this has come as a surprise to many. Thus, the compulsory call back to the office has caused much dismay and much angst is felt. 6/end
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
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This is not why millions of employees don't want to go back to the office. For many of us, returning to the office means risking our own health and/or the health/lives of our loved ones. Millions of us workers are high risk or immunocompromised https://t.co/9B3F6CFXO0 https://t.c…
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@chipgoines
Chip Goines
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Today on a call I saw someone at his desk in a mask. I'm supposed to return to THAT?!? Really??? https://twitter.com/...
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@jordanzakarin
Jordan Zakarin
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What about unions and collective bargaining? https://twitter.com/...
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@tminsberg
Talya Minsberg
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The phrase “rolling out the fun wagon” seems to almost guarantee ... a lack of fun? (says the person who gasps at free food, fine) https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@karlbode
Karl Bode
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the whole article is framed as if the pandemic isn't still ongoing. hanging around maskless indoors still carries a not insubstantial risk of illness and disability, and I'm not sure...terrarium classes...quite offsets that https://t.co/FCuFC6U5jz
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@dannygroner
Danny Groner
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@tminsberg I really do not understand the financials or the psychology of a $10 taco being the reason someone would spend more than that to commute in. I am pro-office, but not at all for the reasons that the so-called experts running these “fun” businesses seem to believe.
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@kocienda
Ken Kocienda
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I'm afraid the actual value structure inside big tech companies is far more political and dog-eat-dog than we'd like to admit. 5/
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
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You can absolutley write abt all the goofy things businesses are doing to lure workers back while also noting that none of those things offer them saftey, stuff like handshake lanyards are compeltely ineffective when it comes to stopping the spread of a dangerous *airborne* virus
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@rmac18
Ryan Mac
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If my employer required for me to come back to the office and then put this question [What's your go-to karaoke song?] in the office elevator as an employee ice breaker, I would simply leave and never come back