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posted by mrpg on Monday May 22 2017, @02:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the see-you-in-the-tramway dept.

IBM, one of the earliest companies to embrace the concept of employees working en masse from home or small satellite offices, has informed thousands of employees that it's time to return to the mothership—or find a new job. As The Wall Street Journal reports, this week is the deadline for remote employees—who make up as much as 40 percent of IBM's workforce—to decide whether to move or leave.

IBM once heralded the savings and productivity gains it won from its "Mobility Initiative." The company has also made untold millions over the past two decades selling software and consulting services, such as its Sametime instant messaging and voice products, to companies looking to support far-flung workforces.

Earlier this month, IBM touted research from IBM's Smarter Workforce Institute that found "remote workers... were highly engaged, more likely to consider their workplaces as innovative, happier about their job prospects and less stressed than their more traditional, office-bound colleagues."

But even as IBM was selling the magic of remote workforces to its customers, the company was dismantling its own "telework" program.

The story notes this might be a way to reduce staffing and avoid worker layoff protection laws at the same time.

Source: ArsTechnica


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday May 22 2017, @02:56AM (6 children)

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday May 22 2017, @02:56AM (#513287) Journal

    Published 2017-05-19:
    IBM hauls remote workers into office or "choose" to leave [soylentnews.org]

    TD;LR: IBM treats everybody who isn't a Ph.D like shit and won't let them work from home. The hauling back of employees to offices is just an excuse to get rid of employees. and yes their offices suck. As an investor, it might be advisable to reconsider being that in IBM as they seems to live on their name more than substance.

    Many problems can be traced to the MBA mindset..

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 22 2017, @04:49AM (5 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 22 2017, @04:49AM (#513317) Journal

    I was beginning to think I was suffering from delusional deja-vu.
    However, no, I'm sane (am I?) - the thing was published much earlier - Feb 09 - IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe [soylentnews.org]

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday May 22 2017, @06:15AM (2 children)

      by kaszz (4211) on Monday May 22 2017, @06:15AM (#513349) Journal

      Don't worry. The green slime did the same mistake ;)

      I even have a related movie title: Deja vu busters ;-)
      I think it will feature portable fusion reactors and sliming.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 22 2017, @06:23AM (1 child)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 22 2017, @06:23AM (#513353) Journal

        I think it will feature portable fusion reactors and sliming.

        Oh, no! "Don't cross the streams" is something that is to be uttered in the future movie? (deja vu... again?)

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        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
        • (Score: 3, Funny) by kaszz on Monday May 22 2017, @03:41PM

          by kaszz (4211) on Monday May 22 2017, @03:41PM (#513543) Journal

          I think it will be.. "don't cross the article links" ;)

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @03:10PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 22 2017, @03:10PM (#513527)

      I thought this was understood? The linked article mentions here that "this week is the deadline", which it was not last time.

    • (Score: 1) by Mike on Monday May 22 2017, @03:17PM

      by Mike (823) on Monday May 22 2017, @03:17PM (#513531)

      I believe the story is coming back up because the deadline for being layed-off, I mean to stop being a remote worker, is this week.