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Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule::Grindr has lost about 45% of its staff as it enforces a strict return-to-office policy that was introduced after a majority of employees announced a plan to unionize.

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[-] br3d@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I know the Lemmy/Reddit hive mentality is all "Let me work at home, there's zero benefit to being in the office", but there's another side. We've never had a workforce so disengaged, isolated and feeling no sense of community.

[-] Finnbot@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago

Ok - but I don’t go to work for a sense of community? I go to work to earn money to survive. My tasks get done, profits are up overall so why do I need to feel engaged and how does being isolated have any negative effect on that?

[-] br3d@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All I can say is that I manage a team of people and frequently get the following two messages: "I don't want to come to the office. I feel very isolated working by myself at home - oh my mental health." What are we supposed to do with this?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

Tell the ones who feel isolated to go to a bar in their off hours or something.

[-] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago

All I can say is that I manage a team of people and frequently get the following two messages: “I don’t want to come to the office. I feel very isolated working by myself at home - oh my mental health.” What are we supposed to do with this?

So your team of people work in the office? And they rather work at home? What's exactly your point?

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

What about giving them a choice without mandating either?

[-] Finnbot@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

I’m the opposite. I manage a BAU team and our team are active on slack, and seem to be thriving. We have two webex meetings a week, keep in constant touch and we all love it.

Online communities are more than good enough at the best of times so I don’t see how they can’t work in the professional space.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

There is LinkedIn if you want a Facebook-like experience. There are 1-on-1 networking sites too, for mentors. Obviously bars or sports after work. Book clubs, parent groups, etc.

If you want company and are looking to your job, that's like trying to make money off of your friends. Kinda stupid.

[-] wagoner@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago
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