Thread regarding Dell Inc. layoffs

RTO has dropped my productivity to about 40% of pre-RTO

In all seriousness, my productivity has plummeted to about %40 of what i was able to do remotely. Here's my rough math:

  • Commute: -2 hrs lost, those were usually +2hrs productivity at home,
    now lost to round trip commute
  • "Human interaction": ~2 hrs lost with of people talking at me while
    i sit glassy eyed nodding "yup... yup... yup"
  • Exercise: 60-90min lost to using the one perk of the office - the campus loop,
    where I typically worked while getting 90mins underdesk treadmill
    at home
  • Motivation: way more than 2hrs lost due to the RTO mandate. Tell me I have
    to work from the office, that's where, and only where, I'm working.
    No more extra tasks getting preloaded for tomorrow when I
    brainstormed something at home, it's all to be done at the office.

If Im forced to burn all this painfully inefficient time commuting & in office, I'm sure as he-l not going to do a minute extra of anything at home, where I'm no longer allowed to work from anyway. Great strategy.

by Anonymous
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Comment! It's anonymous!

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RTO is fun when there is people and you get things done together. But with no strong action taken against Remotes, extremely demotivating. Why should only some have all the fun. My manager himself is remote.

by Anonymous
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hey @c0+1jp41b42j, I mean JC... t-shirt a little too tight nowadays?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @cx+1jp41b42j

The psychological shift from choosing to work more to being forced into inefficient structures is demotivating. Not to mention your personal wellbeing, overall health, and more risk (due to commuting) is a great example of how mandated presence doesn’t equal better work.

by Anonymous
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If leadership wants people in the office, then the office is where work happens, and only there. No more checking emails after dinner or getting ahead on tomorrow’s work. If companies expect employees to absorb the inefficiencies of RTO, they shouldn’t be surprised when engagement and discretionary effort decline.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @cv+1jp41b42j

What a bunch of whiney babies!! My God, try a month working on building site and see how good you have it in the comfy, warm office. Just get on with it.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @c0+1jp41b42j

Project Maverick dropped my motivation to ZERO, the worst project I was in ever. Heading back to 90s

by Anonymous
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Yeah... eff Dell! You two bit looser. You should be WFR'd with no severance for being a disloyal employee. A Iittle b!tch who couldn't sell peanuts; if you're so business savvy why don't you create a 100 billion dollar company and employ 110,000 people then you tell me how to run my company.

by Exec.
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Post ID: @b0+1jp41b42j

First off. Eff Dell. It’s not your family or your friend. It’s a transactional hellscape. Firsthand experience after 20 years at Dell: I was a mo--n for staying so long. Dell was ki-ling me. The stupid management decisions, chasing absurd growth Aop targets in flat to down market, wa----g over pulling in sfdc deals. So id--tic. There are real jobs and good companies out there. Dell is not normal or ok.

by Anonymous
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