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Leaked Zoom all-hands: CEO says employees must return to offices because they can't be as innovative or get to know each other on Zoom::Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the benefits of in-person work in a leaked meeting.

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[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (29 children)

Why tf do out of touch executives and managers always think that we want to make friends at work? I don't really care to know any of my coworkers, I just want to do my job in a professional manner, get paid well for it, and then either go home or close the laptop and leave my home office.

Also the only creativity that the office gives me is how to creatively get around the Internet restrictions they place on us, or how to creatively appear to be working when there's nothing to do.

If I wanted to make friends I'd go to a bar or something else that adults do together in groups, like bowling leagues.

[–] lechatron@lemmy.today 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why tf do out of touch executives and managers always think that we want to make friends at work?

Because it's the type of people they are, and they think everyone is just like them. I worked a corporate job for 10 years and saw a lot of people who made the company their whole identity. Their whole friend group was their co-workers.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

That's a great point, these people's who lives revolve around their jobs, it makes perfect sense.

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