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I just had to fire a remote worker for egregious and persistent timecard fraud. I was all about remote worker before that happened.
Guess we should pull the plug entirely on this civilization idea.
This again. If this was truly the case, then they would put an immediate stop to the offshoring / nearshoring that has been rampant in the industry for the last 20 years. Not a single push back against the H1B/Offshoring happening in the US. Keep it up corporate america... you going to have your next competiton being created by you from those remote workers banding together.
I'm on your side but your logic doesn't really follow here. Firstly because most offshoring arrangements are not work-from-home arrangements, they involve hiring people working in an office, just in another country. Secondly because it's a lot more palatable to pay someone who you suspect isn't giving the job 100% when you're paying them one tenth the salary of a local hire.
The only thing holding this back is empire building pyramid constructions.
They think in person rather than zoom will save their ass.
I just had to fire a remote worker for egregious and persistent timecard fraud. I was all about remote worker before that happened.
So because of a bad actor, nobody gets anything nice? Guess we should pull the plug entirely on this civilization idea.
This again. If this was truly the case, then they would put an immediate stop to the offshoring / nearshoring that has been rampant in the industry for the last 20 years. Not a single push back against the H1B/Offshoring happening in the US. Keep it up corporate america... you going to have your next competiton being created by you from those remote workers banding together.
Money talks. If I'm paying $150k for a US-based engineer and I'm getting poor output as a result of them working remotely, the downside is considerable and I have a strong incentive to improve their output, especially since I can , assuming they are located near an office. If I'm paying $40k for an off/near-shore engineer, the financial downside is lower, and besides what can I really do about it since they don't liv…
On one hand, I am not surprised given the tiktok remote worker trends during early pandemic. But I doubt this holds for all job types, workers, or industries.
OTOH, I work 10-11 hrs per day because I can. It's relaxing to have extra time or to get ahead and not have to commute. I can work when I'm productive (early AM). When I can't, I work 8 and it feels light. That flexibility is incredible and I'd bargain hard for it.
I refuse to believe I'm an outlier I've only ever worked with folks like me.
This again. If this was truly the case, then they would put an immediate stop to the offshoring / nearshoring that has been rampant in the industry for the last 20 years. Not a single push back against the H1B/Offshoring happening in the US. Keep it up corporate america... you going to have your next competiton being created by you from those remote workers banding together.
Money talks. If I'm paying $150k for a US-based engineer and I'm getting poor output as a result of them working remotely, the downside is considerable and I have a strong incentive to improve their output, especially since I can , assuming they are located near an office. If I'm paying $40k for an off/near-shore engineer, the financial downside is lower, and besides what can I really do about it since they don't liv…
No, they’re fed up with underperforming fraudsters that work 3 hours per day and have the productivity of 10% of proper working employees, yet still get paid 200k+
No, they’re fed up with underperforming fraudsters that work 3 hours per day and have the productivity of 10% of proper working employees, yet still get paid 200k+
So fire them? Someone with 10% output should easily be recognizable.
- this requires effort on behalf of the manager ( it can be harder to do remotely ) - manager's openly say they want you to ask for more ( they don't know how to manage you or how much you can do, because they just throw what they think sounds about right )
I guess what I am saying is:
Managers don't know if your output is below expected 10% ( especially the bad ones, which, anecdotally based on corporate experience, is a non-trivial percentage ).