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IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 11:47:04 -0400
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: May 19, 2017 at 11:37:53 AM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/ibm-to-remote-workers-come-back-to-the-mothership-or-else/ 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." - - - The irony is that these are the same firms that develop, sell, and promote telecommuting systems with ever more capabilities. As the article notes, these kinds of moves against remote workers virtually always have ulterior motives. --Lauren--
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