Amazon CEO tells staff to work in office three days a week or look for another job::Almost 30,000 workers signed petition against return-to-office mandate in May
Someone make this make sense.
I’m a software developer. I need three things in order to do every aspect of my job on a day-to-day basis:
- A computer
- An internet connection
- Coffee
Most of my coworkers are in other states and even other countries. The closest physical office is an hour away, and has 0% of the people I work with most of the time. If I go to the office, it’s for one of only two possible reasons: To attend a team event where others have flown in, or to see a couple very specific coworkers who it’s helpful to see in person, but I only have a reason to interact with them once every few months.
At home I have a comfortable desk to work at, a door I can close, my “coding music” playlist, and no one breathing down my neck or asking me for anything. I’m productive, I’m happy, and when my work day is done, I can just step out of my little office area and… I’m home. And on days when I have no meetings, I can take my laptop to a coffee shop and work in an ambiance I find relaxing and fun.
Presumably, Amazon’s developers feel the same. And especially after almost three years away from the office and 100% remote hiring, many of their teams consist of people who don’t live anywhere near an Amazon office.
So… Why in the everloving fuck would Amazon want to do this?!?
Warning: conspiracy theory incoming. Imagine you are an investor, one of those big guns that are on top of a few big companies. You have a lot of money, but because you’re smart you don’t invest it all in tech companies. Some of it goes to, let’s say, real estate. Now imagine what would happen to that money if companies no longer needed offices, those huge and expensive offices… Also, you invest in an overseas company. There’s lots of profit there because you pay cheap to your employees. Now those employees can start working directly to US companies for cheaper than in US, but still more than is paid in that country. Now if want people working for you, then you need to pay more than these remote workers receive. There goes your extra profit And the way this happened really shows that companies were really hoping to change the way of working after COVID, but someone didn’t allow that.
Almost sounds like the perfect setting for a timed logic bomb
I’m actually glad the veil has lifted and the owners are no longer trying to obfuscate their sociopathy behind jargon and buzz terms. They feel they’ve gained enough hard power to finally say what they mean: dance like good little wage slaves, or we’ll throw you away.
Maybe some of these true believers who always thought they were one of the owner class’s favorite little wage slaves will finally understand what they are under this rigged economy: expendable livestock.
Probably not most, but if we can chip away at any of the self-hating house peasants that defend their masters against their own interests, that’s progress. The owners are the common enemy, and they are small in numbers, but they maintain power though their army of true believer deluded suckers dumb enough to believe their doting service will get them into the little club one day.
Without that legion of sucker peasants, the owners become vulnerable. Keep antagonizing your livestock, Assholes. Fuck around out of ego and find out, pretty please.
Ok. Bye then.
sigh
CEOs, I can assure you that the people who aren’t doing work from home aren’t doing any more work in person.
And what really sucks is this just the beginning. Soon enough, they’ll all demand everybody work in-person 5 days a week for the same supposed reasons.
Why do people want their staff to be extremely unproductive and do less work by coming into an office?
I work a hybrid schedule. I am definitely much more productive at home where I’m comfortable than I am at the office where my chair is shitty and the AC is too cold and there’s a lot of annoying and distracting noise and chatter than I can only (not totally) escape with noise cancelling headphones and loud music.
Unionize
Why do any of these people continue to work there under such deplorable conditions? I understand the warehouse workers dont have other opportunities and for many its the only employer where they live. But damn, Amazon treats its tech workers like shit and continues to make bad decisions day after day that only benefit those at the top.
Lots of money
With mortgages to match.
The great modern cheat to ensure slaves don’t rise against the rulers.
All of FAANG and most big companies are forcing this hoping people won’t have anywhere to go.
Basically a free gift to smaller competitors. If you’ve got desirable skills then you can be selective. Smaller companies offering remote work are more desirable, and saving on rent, utilities etc. means you have more to offer in terms of wages and benefits.
I was forced back in June 2020. It’d kill for 2 days home a week 😭
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Who have you killed so far?
Right in the midst of a COVID surge. Brilliant CEO they have there.
