Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” - Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted. ( arstechnica.com )

AllHailTheSheep , 11 days ago

I mean... yeah. a lot of us have realized that office jobs tend to be dead end. you're great at what you do? awesome, the company views that as free labor. why promote you when they can just suck every ounce of work out of you for less?

SkyNTP , 11 days ago

Counter argument: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

AllHailTheSheep , 11 days ago

I am familiar with that principle, yeah. it seems to me like it's become more of a thing of the past. I definitely think that happened in the 60s and 70s (and we're still dealing with the ramifications today) but I haven't heard of any of my friends getting promoted at office jobs in years. it's a younger and smaller sample size though so definitely possible both are at play

stoly , 11 days ago

Those who cannot achieve excellence stay put. Those who can achieve excellence find a place where they are allowed to.