This leaked today from inside webmd, the most bullshit corpo HR video I think I’ve ever seen.

To break down the obvious ones:

  • Employees who are obviously either drinking wayyy too much company koolaid or who know that their jobs will end if they aren’t in this video
  • An extremely out of touch CEO who wants things back the old way without giving any concrete data proving that it’s better beyond conjecture
  • A company with “internet” in the name who literally doesn’t understand the concept of the internet
  • Threatening and bullying language to force people back in office.
  • and just a nice touch, the office is of course not near mass transit or anything and requires driving in
  • Did anyone notice they were all on green screen, kinda proving that there was no need for them to be in person?
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      11 months ago

      Yup! If it’s that important, why doesn’t your company pay for everyone to drive to and from work (covering gas, car repairs, and allowing employees to clock in when they start their commute.)Also, pay for everyone’s lunch since they have to be there.

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    " Internet Brands did not respond to a request for comment, except to say that people were busy with meetings. "

    Lololololol

    Fuck them. It sounds like they’re too bust having meetings instead of getting work done.

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    11 months ago

    in 2021 my job was “informing, not asking”. a bunch of us walked, and it crippled the OU. They actually shut it down not long ago, they decided to keep a skeleton crew on to keep the app running while the contracts run out, then they’re gonna sunset it

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    11 months ago

    This will definitely push all accounting, data entry and other such office workers to the heights of creativity and inventiveness - just what they need! /s

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      If they get to stay home then why can’t I?!?

      That’s really it’s about.

      The only people that should be in the office are people who literally need to be there.

      Like if there are physical servers and they need to be physically configured then sure the tech can go in for that.

      If it’s a repair show, then sure the tech has to come in to do the repair.

      Otherwise let people stay home.

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          Same with the ‘getting better ideas in person’ bit. He means he can’t take credit for others’ work if everything is documented.

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          They do it because they invested in the property and want to make it worth their while. Now they can enforce some stupid productivity policies while you are there.

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            You’re forgetting the part where they can shift the blame of the company is tanking as the fault of " lazy workers who won’t RTO" instead of their terrible management, to convince shareholders not to get rid of them

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        Oh I emphatically agree - I have a fully remote job and not even doubling my salary would make me consider switching to an office one. I was just clumsily trying to point out that a lot of corporate positions don’t require all that creativity and collaboration bullshit that clueless executives love to throw around in videos like this one.

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          I have a fully remote job and not even doubling my salary would make me consider switching to an office one.

          The funny thing is that if the corporate masters every figured out that they could retain employees who were tempted by higher salaries just by keeping them comfortable, they still wouldn’t do it.

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    Everyone is so desperate to kill their workers, and then they’ll say, “Nobody wants to work anymore.”

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    The most surprising thing I learned from this video is that WebMD still exists

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      The best thing to happen from WebMD is we got a bunch of actual medical providers like Mayo Clinic, University of Maryland, Merck Manual that went, “GAH! No!!” and made actually informative, updated medical websites.

      Healthline, kids. Healthline is where we go for our medical information.

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      That is the intent of RTO policies, yes. It’s a lot cheaper to compel workers to quit rather than fire them.

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          That’s literally what a bunch of Amazon employees (engineers and stuff, not like warehouse workers) were doing, and last time I checked it was actually going weirdly well…?

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          I barely even read my corporate bullshit emails. Unless my actual boss is telling me something, IDGAF.

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        11 months ago

        Same thing is happening a lot of places. One large american company that I’m not going to mention is doing several rounds of layoffs along with a return to office initiative.

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    I was just casually googling this video and came across this absurdity. I don’t dare give them views to find out the answer.

    They want people back “for the simple reason” that they work better together. Well, yeah, I’d agree, without a pandemic.

    But healthy people work even better.

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    Close-quartered offices are disease farms. Stress lowers your immune system.

    WebMD wants to make its workers unhealthy.

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      Yes they are. As I am at home with COVID for the 4th time. I interviewed a guy in a small room a week ago Friday, and he coughed all through the interview. I was masked. He wasn’t. Two of us caught it. And I found out today they hired the clown. There are strong desires to cuss him out on his first day. Fuck that guy.

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    I would pay so much fucking money to beat the shit out of that ceo. He did say we get better ideas by seeing each other face to face! I got an idea I think will get better if he and I meet fist to face