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WebMD forcing employees back to office. "We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point. We’re informing" (ody.sh)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/videos

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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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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] pivot_root 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

That's not the one I was talking about, but it doesn't surprise me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What if you just pretend you don’t know what RTO is and stay home anyway

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

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...?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

so strikin' time then?