“I've seen better acting by hostages in direct to DVD movies,” one anonymous worker wrote about the video.

‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video::“I’ve seen better acting by hostages in direct to DVD movies,” one anonymous worker wrote about the video.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    511·
    11 months ago

    WebMD? They realize we’re in the midst of a Covid resurgence, right? You’d think a company like that would be a bit more understanding of stuff like that, given that they’re supposed to be experts on medicine and all.

    • tastysnacksEnglish
      161·
      11 months ago

      I know a few people getting RSV. They’ve been out of work for like a month.

      • IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.eeEnglish
        441·
        11 months ago

        Last year I was sick for 7 weeks with covid, RSV, the flu, and then covid again. I had to go to work while still sick with covid because I was out of sick time, even though their own policies should have prevented me from returning. I told all my coworkers to stay away from me and avoided them like I had the plague, because I essentially did. Had I actually not cared about other people’s health, I could have lied and destroyed the entire department for months with recurring spreading illness.

        I had to have a meeting where I was being threatened with a PIP for attendance, while I was still sick and wearing a mask, for my job at a vaccine laboratory.

    • space@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      Return to the office isn’t about medicine, it’s about entitled executives power tripping over the workers. At every medium/large company I worked for, upper management lived in its own bubble completely disconnected from the rest. I can give so many examples of poor decisions made by upper management that had a huge negative impact on the company and especially the workers. But regardless, they never gave a shit about our opinions and feedback. They didn’t even tell us why they made those decisions.

      • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        11 months ago

        It’s about corporate real estate, profit margins, taxes, banks, interest rates, the economy, and more.

        WFH has completely changed the economic landscape, and virtually all industries are impacted.

        I embrace the change. Business men with shareholders do not. Banks with trillions of dollars in corporate mortgages and leases also do not. Etc.