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Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After reversing its position on remote work, Dell is reportedly implementing new tracking techniques on May 13 to ensure its workers are following the company's return-to-office (RTO) policy, The Register reported today, citing anonymous sources.

Dell will track employees' badge swipes and VPN connections to confirm that workers are in the office for a significant amount of time.

Dell's methods for tracking hybrid workers will also reportedly include a color-coding system. From "consistent" to "limited" presence, the colors are blue, green, yellow, and red.

The Register reported today that approximately 50 percent of Dell's US workers are remote, compared to 66 percent of international workers.

An examination of 457 companies on the S&P 500 list released in February concluded that RTO mandates don't drive company value but instead negatively affect worker morale. Analysis of survey data from more than 18,000 working Americans released in March found that flexible workplace policies, including the ability to work remotely completely or part-time and flexible schedules, can help employees' mental health.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My current company stated that if you have a local office and want to go there fine, but otherwise do your job where it makes sense. Of course my boss is on one coast, the rest of my team is spread out in multiple states on the other coast, and I’m kind of in the middle of the country.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mine told everybody "if you have a local office and want to go there fine, otherwise you're laid off. Also we're closing a bunch of offices so if you don't live near one anymore you have to move at your own expense. Otherwise you're laid off. Also no job guarantee even if you do move, we might lay you off the next day. Hey why is morale in the toilet?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

We had a large layoff a few months ago, including people with over a decade of time at the company, and a meeting afterwards where an exec said, "Yes you were working hard before, and now with many hundreds of people let go, we are asking you to work even harder." Not all rainbows and butterflies where I am, just that one piece about remote work. :)

Got a weird speech recently that we all need to work hard for the company to succeed, but raises and bonuses were dependent on the "economy and stock market" doing well, if "the economy" was going to continue to do poorly, then there was nothing management can do about skipping another year of raises, and we should just be glad we haven't had another RIF.