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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: 5, Insightful) by microtodd on Thursday February 09 2017, @02:25PM
Hang on a second.....
if they deliver to the allocated deadlines, respond to urgent management requests, or are supposedly working on multiple projects
If they are doing all of those things, why does management give a crap if they are working 2 hours a day or 12 hours a day? They are getting everything done....the company is getting from them the value they expect, and they are not letting the team down if they are meeting their milestones and helping with side-injection management requests.
So what's the concern here again? That someone can be productive and get their work done in 4 hours? Instead you want to squeeze them and get 8 hours out of them? Maybe those 4 hours they work REALLY HARD with no goofing off. I mean heck, in an office half your time is probably goofinf off anyways so it all works out in the end.
But if you start judging people by number of hours instead of results and output, that's where (imho) you're headed for trouble cause you're going to lower morale and you're treating people like cogs. Treat your people like grownups, be happy they are meeting their milestones and being available to communicate when needed, and be a progressive, forward-thinking leader, and you'll build HUGE morale and loyalty.
(Score: 2) by microtodd on Thursday February 09 2017, @02:28PM
I just realized the answer to my own post.......billable hours.
Which is why I hate T&M contracts and prefer FFP.....I can work REALLY HARD for a short while and get it done, so basically I make money by outworking the competition.