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‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video (www.vice.com)
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‘Don’t Mess With Us’: WebMD Parent Company Demands Return to Office in Bizarre Video::“I've seen better acting by hostages in direct to DVD movies,” one anonymous worker wrote about the video.

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[–] 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)

WebMD? They realize we’re in the midst of a Covid resurgence, right? You’d think a company like that would be a bit more understanding of stuff like that, given that they’re supposed to be experts on medicine and all.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know a few people getting RSV. They've been out of work for like a month.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Last year I was sick for 7 weeks with covid, RSV, the flu, and then covid again. I had to go to work while still sick with covid because I was out of sick time, even though their own policies should have prevented me from returning. I told all my coworkers to stay away from me and avoided them like I had the plague, because I essentially did. Had I actually not cared about other people's health, I could have lied and destroyed the entire department for months with recurring spreading illness.

    I had to have a meeting where I was being threatened with a PIP for attendance, while I was still sick and wearing a mask, for my job at a vaccine laboratory.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Return to the office isn't about medicine, it's about entitled executives power tripping over the workers. At every medium/large company I worked for, upper management lived in its own bubble completely disconnected from the rest. I can give so many examples of poor decisions made by upper management that had a huge negative impact on the company and especially the workers. But regardless, they never gave a shit about our opinions and feedback. They didn't even tell us why they made those decisions.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    It's about corporate real estate, profit margins, taxes, banks, interest rates, the economy, and more.

    WFH has completely changed the economic landscape, and virtually all industries are impacted.

    I embrace the change. Business men with shareholders do not. Banks with trillions of dollars in corporate mortgages and leases also do not. Etc.

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