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Exclusive IBM is cracking down on remote workers, ordering unlucky employees to either come into one of six main offices and work "shoulder to shoulder" – or leave for good.
In a confidential video message to staff seen by The Register on Tuesday, chief marketing officer Michelle Peluso told her US marketing troops they must work at "a smaller set of locations" if they want to continue with the company. Staffers have 30 days to decide whether to stay or go.
This means affected IBMers who telecommute, work at a smaller district office, or otherwise work separately from their team, will now have just a few weeks to either quit their jobs, or commit to moving to another part of America. The company's employee badge system will be used to ensure people do come into the office rather than stealthily remain remote workers.
According to sources, the six "strategic" offices US marketing staff must work from are in: Austin, Texas; San Francisco, California; New York City, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Raleigh, North Carolina. El Reg understands that employees will not get to choose a nearby office, but will instead be assigned a location based on where their team is predominantly situated. The first wave of workers were informed of the changes on Monday. The next wave will be instructed in early March, we're told.
Marissa Mayer has worked wonders at Yahoo and the rest of the tech industry should follow her lead?
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Thursday February 09 2017, @11:45AM
>Marissa Mayer has worked wonders at Yahoo
I was really confused by this, then I remembered: Alternative Facts are now acceptable in public.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday February 09 2017, @01:12PM
Irony, Baldrick? :-)
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Thursday February 09 2017, @01:26PM
Ahhh... that was the whooshing sound I didn't hear...
It all makes sense now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @08:33PM
No alternative facts, just you applying your personal biases on what you're reading. Wonder does not imply good or bad, just awe-struck. So the wonders at Yahoo could be wonderfully good or wonderfully bad. From what is written, you are only told Mayer made major changes to Yahoo. You assumed the rest.
It's amazing how the ability to understand language seems to be dropping.
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Friday February 10 2017, @02:19AM
What? You assume I don't know who she is. Then you assume that I assume (as you stated above) which is awesome. What I know of her is not flattering, she trashed that place in nasty style as far as I'm concerned. I have a very low regard of her, so I'm not sure where you getting this from.
Yeah, I figured out it wasn't misinformation when it was pointed out to me (and suddenly things made more sense), nothing to get excited about. (there's that whooshing sound again!) I just misread missed that it was ironic. Emotional intent don't always come across great on keyboards...
And re personal bias, you've got it backwards. One of the reasons I come here is that it's pretty fucking honest and intelligent on both sides of the fence, which is very refreshing. I assume the summaries don't need fact checking, and like it that way. I thought for a second I was very wrong, but it was just a misunderstanding on my part and I was kindly pointed in the right direction pretty quick.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 10 2017, @04:45AM
Ok.