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Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women (www.theregister.com)
submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 131 points 8 months ago (2 children)

All RTO mandates have stealth layoffs as a key positive reason to do them.

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 37 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It’s almost worse than actually just laying off x% of a workforce—you stress everyone out and force them to contemplate leaving, some amount do (achieving the ulterior motive) and the rest who didn’t leave now have increased workload and are also immiserated by being forced to commute to a stupid cube farm some portion of the week. It’s like they found a way to make layoffs affect everyone more than they already did in the past.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 26 points 8 months ago

The beatings will continue until morale improves

[–] UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Man I'd be so mad if I'd built up a sweet severance, only to have to quit for better work