circuitfarmer

When the rich people are now questioning the other rich people, you know shit isn’t exactly going to plan.

At least not the plan some of the rich thought they were getting. They forgot to factor in the incompetence.

You have to go pretty far into the Bible to even get to the first non-incestuous relationship.

Texas

I think all CEOs think their clientele are dumb. It’s literally the only real requirement to be a CEO, besides already being rich and knowing the right people.

A recruiter reached out to me about two weeks ago. The role was interesting but said “hybrid to start, then on-site after 3 months” – in spite of being listed as “Remote” in the title. I told the recruiter it was a hard pass. They proceeded to tell me that I really should be “more flexible” because they’re seeing fewer and fewer remote roles.

I told them to simply remove me from any lists in the future and that I would not respond to any other recruitment requests from their company.

I have worked remotely since far before covid. It’s been nearly 10 years. I am seeing some companies scramble for RTO, and in almost all cases, it’s companies with demonstrable investment in real estate or contractual obligations to office space. Obviously it has also been used in some cases to force resignations so the company doesn’t need as many lay-offs (specifically for those which overhired during covid). That’s it. As far as I’m concerned, there is absolutely no benefit to RTO in terms of worker performance, efficiency, or happiness.

Companies are very likely to lose top talent with RTO. They’re also extremely unlikely to be able to attract that talent in the first place. It’s effectively a brain drain. Remote-first companies stand to continue to gain, which isn’t a bad thing at all.

The whole damn system exists to place the burden of a living wage on the customer while the company paying peanuts can claim no wrongdoing. And the really sad part is: it has worked.