IBM tells thousands of remote employees to come back to office or find new jobs

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> 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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