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Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees (arstechnica.com)

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After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company's return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources.

Dell will track employees' badge swipes and VPN connections to confirm that workers are in the office for a significant amount of time.

Dell's methods for tracking hybrid workers will also reportedly include a color-coding system. From "consistent" to "limited" presence, the colors are blue, green, yellow, and red.

The Register reported today that approximately 50 percent of Dell's US workers are remote, compared to 66 percent of international workers.

An examination of 457 companies on the S&P 500 list released in February concluded that RTO mandates don't drive company value but instead negatively affect worker morale. Analysis of survey data from more than 18,000 working Americans released in March found that flexible workplace policies, including the ability to work remotely completely or part-time and flexible schedules, can help employees' mental health.

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[-] menemen@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Worst are the meetings of international work groups. Stressful travel, being away from the family for days, sitting in a shitty meeting room talking about the same shit you talk about online and then sitting with a bunch of people getting senseless drunk, cringing constantly. I hate those meetings.

Used to be so awesome during corona. Took 4-6 hours, comfortably sitting in my home office, now it takes 3 days costing maybe 50,000€, instead of 0€, without more results.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I never went back to the office after the pandemic.

I actually got really sick and had to spend a small amount of time in hospital, afterwards I might have slightly played up the emotional trauma to management so they couldn't try that BS. Eventually they did anyway I along with a lot of my colleagues quit and got another job straight away.

Apparently they have now flip-flopped again and are back to permanent work from home for everyone who wants it. I wonder if losing a third of their work force in a month had something to do with that.

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

100% homeoffice jobs are incredibly rare in Germany. I have 50% homeoffice which is quite good for German standards. Even at the height of Corona the offices weren't empty here.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Even at the height of Corona the offices weren't empty here.

That seems like a problem. They should have been.

What's the point in a lockdown if you're not actually locking anyone down? It's not a lockdown then.

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lockdowns here were kinda half assed. We didn't really have full lockdowns like e.g. Italy. Germans love work. :)

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