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Presenteeism - the curse of the workplace?

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  • #2
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Grayson Wrong Scorer wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0527/1052066-do-i-really-have-to-be-here-the-curse-of-workplace-presenteeism/

    Interesting, and I generally agree with it.

    I love this bit because in a number of jobs I have had, I ended up wondering what exactly it was my Manager was doing!
    Managers who might have a difficult time figuring out precisely what their employees do, much less how well they do it, can fall back on a simple metric for evaluating employees by observing who is at their desk the most often and how hard they seem to be working.


  • #3
    simongurnick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭simongurnick


    Weird. I work for a major bank and 100% work from home. Last two roles were about 60/40. A lot of gigs nowadays don't require someone sitting in an office. Backwards.


  • #4
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Different people work different ways. But most people don't get this. As a result you have to confirm to a metric they understand.

    This is specially true of automating things. People won't give you time off from fire fighting the coal face to overhaul a process or system.


  • #5
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    Being forced to come to the office while you are unable to actually work or at a time when there is really nothing for you to do once you get there (and few opportunities to amuse yourself if the employer monitors your office computer) is at best soul-destroying and at worst humiliating. An employer who forces you to come to the office for no reason, to sit in silence at your desk and to at least pretend to work is doing little more than rubbing in your powerlessness and his or her lack of concern for your welfare.
    Where do I apply for this job?
    It sounds like a cushy number. Is it in the civil service?


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