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"Big tech companies are still trying to rally workers back into physical
offices, and many workers are still not having it. Based on a recent report,
computer-maker Dell has stumbled even more than most.
Dell announced a new return-to-office initiative earlier this year. In the new
plan, workers had to classify themselves as remote or hybrid.
Those who classified themselves as hybrid are subject to a tracking system that
ensures they are in a physical office 39 days a quarter, which works out to
close to three days per work week.
Alternatively, by classifying themselves as remote, workers agree they can no
longer be promoted or hired into new roles within the company.
Business Insider claims it has seen internal Dell tracking data that reveals
nearly 50 percent of the workforce opted to accept the consequences of staying
remote, undermining Dell's plan to restore its in-office culture.
The publication spoke with a dozen Dell employees to hear their stories as to
why they chose to stay remote, and a variety of reasons came up. Some said they
enjoyed more free time and less strain on their finances after going remote,
and nothing could convince them to give that up now. Others said their local
offices had closed since the pandemic or that they weren't interested in
promotions.
Others still noted that it seemed pointless to go in to an in-person office
when the teams they worked on were already distributed across multiple offices
around the world, so they'd mostly still be on Zoom calls anyway.
One person said they'd spoken with colleagues who had chosen to go hybrid, and
those colleagues reported doing work in mostly empty offices punctuated with
video calls with people who were in other mostly empty offices.
Many interviewed admitted they were looking for work at other companies that
aren't trying to corral employees back into the office.
Dell is not the only company struggling with this. For example, we've reported
several times on Apple's internal struggles and employee revolts over remote
work."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
