Remote Work refusal and mass resignation
Daniel Engels
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800 employees resign after company asks them to work from office. I am surprised I see this kind of news. What strikes me:
- crowds of people sure to find a job immediately? (not all of them are developers or data scientists, by the way)
- the company so inflexible they'd rather lose that many people without replacement.
Have you ever witnessed mass resignations? What were the reasons?
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Oras Al-Kubaisi@orask
Was it legitimate news or clickbait? Did they mention the company name?
800 is a large number considering the current financial situation and the possibility of a new recession soon.
If true, I think some employees were deceived by the "great resignation" articles flowing around in the last few months.
[Layoffs](https://layoffs.fyi/) is a clear indication backed with data that the "great resignation" is just an illusion.
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@orask the source of the news is Economic Times (India), which are quite legitimate. Here's the link: https://economictimes.indiatimes...
@daniel_engels I think the title is misleading. From the article:
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As part of our back-to-work drive, most of our Sales and Support employees have been asked to report to Gurgaon and Mumbai offices from April 18. We have made exceptions for medical and personal exigencies and have offered relocation assistance as required.
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They asked them to relocate, not to go back to the {local} office.
I find it truly surreal. For me, these are people who act like spoiled children, because if I understand correctly, they went through a phase of blackmail (resignation) which is like taking a company's activity hostage. It's disgusting. Because, if the company has obligations towards its employees, it is the same for the employees.
@fares_aktouf millenials are called "spoiled children" so often they don't get bothered by it any more
That's not really surprising, to be honest. For a company as big as WhiteHat, 800 employees is around 10% of their workforce (according to their headcount of 7000 on Linkedin). Since they may have not foreseen a situation of in-office work in the near future, a large percentage of their workforce is located in tier 2 cities in India such as Jaipur, Indore and Lucknow. These folks may be unwilling to move even after receiving relocation allowances, in this poor job economy, due to personal and familial constraints.
@charu_veluthoor maybe they should have relied on carrots instead of sticks to make a larger share of these 800 employees come to office...
@daniel_engels I think you are right... but that could have been costly and this may have been a carefully thought out choice by the company to let them go :)
Being devils advocate here isn't it a win win?
The company wants people in the office - and will now be able to build a culture around that now the remote workers have left
The former employees can now work somewhere that lets them work in the way they prefer?
@maxwellcdavis well if 10% of the company's workforce were undesirable (on a growing market), then there's something very wrong with the hiring policy.
It was their choice. Maybe they just wanted to blackmail their company but the table just turned
@nathan_luke I think they knew their refusal to come to office would get them fired. Maybe the local job market is so hot they have no doubts they'll get another position
White Ht Junior - this ed-tech company (mainly their parent company - Byju's) has already fallen into controversy a couple of times due to unethical display ads, indulge in aggressive fear marketing, unrealistic target for their sales team and misleading pay package. It is known for bad culture and blunders. Surprisingly, it is one of the most profitable ed-tech startups in India
@janak_patel56 there are lots of incentives for EdTech companies to give unrealistic promises to students, and to employ some extremely aggressive sales techniques. I hope this backfires one day, so that serious companies only stay on the market.