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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 scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/videos@lemmy.world
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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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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 83 points 10 months ago

in 2021 my job was "informing, not asking". a bunch of us walked, and it crippled the OU. They actually shut it down not long ago, they decided to keep a skeleton crew on to keep the app running while the contracts run out, then they're gonna sunset it

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago

lmao gg. The absolute disrespect to even say "informing, not asking" unironically. Pretty sure these people see us as slaves at some level.

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Honestly, if they said only that part in a memo, it would still obviously be very bad but it would be so much better than embedding it within this video. If I were an employee watching this, when they reached the part where they play Iko Iko while people dance after the CEO delivered the ultimatum, I’d want to shoot myself in the fucking head.

[-] RickTofu@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Slaves don't get paid

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

Ah looks like you’re not familiar with history then

[-] Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

Are you unfamiliar with the concept of wage slaves?

[-] PastyWaterSnake@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Of course, you have freedom of choice. You can choose between eating a shit sandwich or a tube of tile grout compound.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

They won't admit it of course, but to save on raw material costs, since 2011 the tile grout has been actually harvested from truck stop restrooms.

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

Plenty of slaves received wages throughout plenty of historical periods. Read a book.

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