Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.
  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    12·
    5 months ago

    I like “or else” meant no promotions, as if that ever meant anything in tech. If you want more money you jump to another company. This just gives them even more incentive to do that.

    Fun fact, a big reason why innovation happened a lot in tech is because of this-- when a company fails to retain someone, they take their wealth of knowledge and trade secrets with them. It actually hurts companies more than just losing a person since it also gives the competition a leg up!

        • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          5 months ago

          The point is, enough of them said No that they didn’t have a choice but to let them do it.
          Imagine what they could have done with an actual union to organize and coordinate their efforts.

    • vfreire85@lemmy.mlOP
      5·
      5 months ago

      they remained on dell, but have willingly forgone the oportunity of progressing in their career within the company in order to remain at home. some are even looking for other jobs in organizations that don’t whip them back into offices.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      The article says the “or else” was that they’d become ineligible for promotion, and half decided to do it anyway. So they didn’t lose their job.