<story><title>Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office</title><url>https://www.techradar.com/news/dell-goes-back-on-wfh-pledge-forces-employees-to-come-back-to-the-office</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riley_dog</author><text>my company is actively tracking everyone and their attendance, and then displaying metrics on attendance in all hands meetings. it&amp;#x27;s like high school or something.</text></item><item><author>DoctorMckay101</author><text>I think my sentiments are best expressed in a greentext manner:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; be me&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; wfh as a soft dev for a big tech company&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; company tells me to come back to the office&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; they claim it is to promote coworking and socialize&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; have to wake up an hour earlier&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 1h commute, no real public transport options&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; get stuck in traffic, +20 minutes&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; arrive late at office&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; no matter, no one checks office logs and I turned on my laptop in the car&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; half of the workers are wfh&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; no one from my team is there&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; remember they are not even from the same city lol&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; put on my headphones&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; zoom meeting, have to book a room&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; finish meeting&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; put some spotify on&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; don&amp;#x27;t talk to nobody for 6h&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; make a greentext in ycombinator&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; leave an hour earlier because no one checks office logs&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 1h commute back</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ac26</author><text>This is a bit comical. I&amp;#x27;ve always figured that hiring a manager to just play baby sitter for professional adults is the most inefficient use of company resources. I understand that there are certain industries which this might be more important but I&amp;#x27;m going to guess most industries would benefit from having better hiring practices and a more trusting culture.</text></comment>
<story><title>Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office</title><url>https://www.techradar.com/news/dell-goes-back-on-wfh-pledge-forces-employees-to-come-back-to-the-office</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>riley_dog</author><text>my company is actively tracking everyone and their attendance, and then displaying metrics on attendance in all hands meetings. it&amp;#x27;s like high school or something.</text></item><item><author>DoctorMckay101</author><text>I think my sentiments are best expressed in a greentext manner:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; be me&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; wfh as a soft dev for a big tech company&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; company tells me to come back to the office&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; they claim it is to promote coworking and socialize&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; have to wake up an hour earlier&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 1h commute, no real public transport options&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; get stuck in traffic, +20 minutes&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; arrive late at office&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; no matter, no one checks office logs and I turned on my laptop in the car&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; half of the workers are wfh&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; no one from my team is there&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; remember they are not even from the same city lol&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; put on my headphones&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; zoom meeting, have to book a room&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; finish meeting&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; put some spotify on&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; don&amp;#x27;t talk to nobody for 6h&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; make a greentext in ycombinator&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; leave an hour earlier because no one checks office logs&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 1h commute back</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mustacheemperor</author><text>if you call out sick does your company&amp;#x27;s truancy officer drop by to make sure you aren&amp;#x27;t running around the canals with your friends?</text></comment>