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Return-to-office orders look like a way for rich, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees (www.businessinsider.com)
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Return-to-office orders look like a way for rich, work-obsessed CEOs to grab power back from employees::White-collar workers temporarily enjoyed unprecedented power during the pandemic to decide where and how they worked.

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[–] ToyDork@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm going to go the devil's advocate route and say most managers are less effective at THEIR job in WFH situations.

Of course, it could just be that middle management is obsolete but that doesn't explain why the CEOs aren't just ~~laying off~~ firing a bunch of middle management.

[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

As a manager who WFH, if managers are ineffective at their job, it's either that they suck, or their org structure causes them to suck.

If upper management wants a manager to manage 30 people, of course they will suck.

Keep the team to 8 max so the manager can actually do some hands on technical work as well.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 2 years ago

Of course, it could just be that middle management is obsolete but that doesn’t explain why the CEOs aren’t just ~~~~laying off~~~~ firing a bunch of middle management.

Someone has to suck someone's dick.