The Work Thread 2 - Get back to work!

[Hypes]

Your colleagues will also be working from your home

[Moggy]

Your colleagues will also be working from your home

[Drumstick]

We've just been told that from 1 January we will be officially remote working forever.

Amazing. So where do you want to live?

[Zilnad]

They also mentioned there will be no redundancies, they are keen to expand our team and they will be paying an allowance (for internet, electric etc) to us.

Sounds too good to be true. I'm waiting for something really horrible to be announced.

You're just trying to wind me up now

[Jenuall]

Probably turns out the allowance is because they want to rig all employees homes with cameras, microphones and speaker systems so that bosses can spy on you all day and they can pipe incomprehensible management speak into your homes on a constant loop.

[Tomous]

Moggy, don't you have super controlling middle managers? How are they going to cope with this?

[Frank]

Where do you work Moggy hmu

[Cuttooth]

Moggy, don't you have super controlling middle managers? How are they going to cope with this?

A knock at the door to just check how things are going.

No I'm just on my break, went for a quick walk, happened to be in the area. That presentation ready to disseminate by 4 by the way? Just thought I'd ask.

[That's not a growth]

Turns out Moggy and Zilnad work for the same company, but they're really committed to A-B testing when bringing new ideas in the work force and Zilnad is really messing everything up.

[Qikz]

Probably turns out the allowance is because they want to rig all employees homes with cameras, microphones and speaker systems so that bosses can spy on you all day and they can pipe incomprehensible management speak into your homes on a constant loop.

Meanwhile at Moggy's front door.

[Moggy]

We've just been told that from 1 January we will be officially remote working forever.

Amazing. So where do you want to live?

Anywhere but here.

I'd love to live in the middle of nowhere, but don't think the wife would enjoy that. She doesn't drive so we'll have to be near civilisation.

I'd like somewhere cheap but nice. Which I guess is what everyone wants.

[Squinty]

They also mentioned there will be no redundancies, they are keen to expand our team and they will be paying an allowance (for internet, electric etc) to us.

Sounds too good to be true. I'm waiting for something really horrible to be announced.

This sounds amazing. I would be the same as you ('what the hell is the catch?')

[Moggy]

Moggy, don't you have super controlling middle managers? How are they going to cope with this?

The middle managers have no choice. We're now owned by an American company and they want to save on real estate costs. Covid19 has just forced them to do what they were likely to do anyway.

Turns out Moggy and Zilnad work for the same company,

Shhhh, we were told not to tell him.

[Qikz]

Moggy, don't you have super controlling middle managers? How are they going to cope with this?

The middle managers have no choice. We're now owned by an American company and they want to save on real estate costs. Covid19 has just forced them to do what they were likely to do anyway.

Turns out Moggy and Zilnad work for the same company,

Shhhh, we were told not to tell him.

Everyone is being let work from home forever bar Zilnad, he'll have to be in the office.

[Zilnad]

[Qikz]

[Tafdolphin]

(thanks for the kind words everyone!)

[Zilnad]

I'm getting so strawberry floating sick of being asked to do absolute bullshit without anyone understanding or even considering what I actually do or have time for.

Edit - Confronted them and they admitted they didn't know what they were talking about so I should carry on as I normally would

[Qikz]

I've been at work for one hour and twenty minutes. Been on the phone for most of it and just got told off for only answering 2 calls so far (along with everyone bar two people who kept getting short calls). WTF.

[Memento Mori]

Why are people scared of emailing other people?

If I've told you someone else has a copy of a contract because it relates to their product not mine, why would you ask me to email them for the contract? Email them yourself, it happens to be quicker.