Amazon CEO tells staff to work in office three days a week or look for another job::Almost 30,000 workers signed petition against return-to-office mandate in May
Amazon CEO tells staff to work in office three days a week or look for another job::Almost 30,000 workers signed petition against return-to-office mandate in May
There’s a bit of truth to that. Honestly, leadership via email/chat is hard. Bad managers can’t micromanage and pretend to know what’s going on, so they get screwed. Good managers (which I promise do exist) have a hard time really getting their team to excel and know what the real problems are that they can address and fix. So, every team ends up in a range of mediocrity either rising from not having to deal with useless managers or not able to reach their full potential with good managers.
Is that bad? Eh, probably not.
Bad managers are a waste of resources just like bad front line employees are a waste of resources. Any role that has less oversight has more potential for abuse that is harder for the company to recognize. It’s probably easier to notice an underperforming employee in person than it is virtually.
The longer term effect on growth of talent and teams is probably still largely unknown.