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intelpug

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56. Work from home

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:16 AM

7 hrs ago

Boy does that sound familiar, Nothing like finally getting an HR type to finally return your phone message three day's after the fact for something that's almost too late now only to have to talk to this person while listening to a washing machine and barking dog somewhere in their background, Shows how much they really care about doing their jobs helping employees, well,, with anything at all

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The Real Reason Bosses Want You Back in the Office Full Time (It's Not Productivity) [View all] dalton99a 23 hrs ago OP

Absolutely bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #1

some managers have limited capabilities; desk checks is one of them. dem4decades 23 hrs ago #2

Hey, it's not easy to sit in your office and track worker's bathroom trips Orrex 22 hrs ago #5

Or snag an unfortunate employee just passing by your office YodaMom2 20 hrs ago #25

Sometimes I'm gone to the bathroom so long, the inevitable question arises: True Dough 10 hrs ago #52

I've had managers in corporate settings whose only discernible function was to call meetings and waste everyone's time. sop 22 hrs ago #3

... Wednesdays 18 hrs ago #38

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indoctrinate their offspring. no outside thoughts dave99 20 hrs ago #20

"No outside thoughts" Shipwack 20 hrs ago #28

Yep! Ego. ZDU 22 hrs ago #6

Clearly, There Are Some Jobs... ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #7

was this article about you ? dave99 20 hrs ago #22

Huh? ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #27

I appreciate this article; its thesis was clear before the pandemic even ended Orrex 22 hrs ago #8

The movie, Office Space, comes to mind. Sequoia 19 hrs ago #32

Definitely! Orrex 17 hrs ago #39

Having a narcissist boss is awful. I got to experience it sadly. Oneironaut 22 hrs ago #9

So many CEOs are sociopaths. My boss was the owner's son and a real SOB. OMGWTF 15 hrs ago #42

"Owners son" - No words are more terrifying. Ugh! Oneironaut 13 hrs ago #44

The most efficient business model is multigraincracker 21 hrs ago #10

Employee owned businesses don't have a CEO? MichMan 20 hrs ago #19

They don't have overpaid CEOs multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #33

Only $3.4 million MichMan 18 hrs ago #34

Does he need an assistant manager at half price? DFW 6 hrs ago #57

In my experience, it was also about trust nuxvomica 21 hrs ago #11

Well, I did have employees who shirked work from home. Easterncedar 11 hrs ago #49

It's all about control. n/t area51 21 hrs ago #12

That, and they have long term leases on Brick and Mortar Bristlecone 21 hrs ago #13

Might be more to it. Business analysts saw that a CRE meltdown could result in a broad financial crisis lostnfound 21 hrs ago #14

Great. Now we have found out that some of our Bosses are like Donald Trump. chouchou 21 hrs ago #15

My kid had, and still has, the option of working from home, but he didn't like it, so he went back to his office at Raftergirl 21 hrs ago #16

Yes, personally I prefer a hybrid schedule TexasBushwhacker 20 hrs ago #21

my condolences on his touch of narcissism dave99 20 hrs ago #29

Well... Raftergirl 18 hrs ago #36

In a different situation, I would have been like your kid RandomNumbers 11 hrs ago #48

Can only speak for myself. In 2012 Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #17

I have 3 family members working from home Tree Lady 20 hrs ago #26

The Galley master needs people to whip. Old Crank 20 hrs ago #18

Watching people drive in LA traffic to the office Johonny 20 hrs ago #23

It depends on the working environment MichMan 20 hrs ago #24

I sympathize with this 100%... Moostache 20 hrs ago #31

Work from home intelpug 7 hrs ago #56

Ye Gods! Does this fit!!! slightlv 20 hrs ago #30

I disagree with the premise of this genxlib 18 hrs ago #35

Reductive analysis. maxsolomon 18 hrs ago #37

If I remember your profile genxlib 15 hrs ago #40

I worked from home, exclusively since 2002 forthemiddle 15 hrs ago #41

Illustrates the disconnect between the blue collar working class and elites MichMan 13 hrs ago #43

Covid change the work environment LogDog75 13 hrs ago #45

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T-rump, narcissist extraordinaire, ordered federal remote workers back to offices. Wicked Blue 12 hrs ago #47

Technology in the 90s made remote work possible. I used to work at home a lot, but still OAITW r.2.0 10 hrs ago #50

Turf. Telework means employees are on their home turf. underpants 10 hrs ago #51

My experience frequently mirrored the scenarios described in the article, BUT Pinback 10 hrs ago #53

Don't forget the real estate incentives. paulkienitz 8 hrs ago #54

They also think you're not actually working Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #55

My husband is lucky Jilly_in_VA 31 min ago #58

'New Research'? Where the hell has this person been? OldBaldy1701E 11 min ago #59