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[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not mainly "corporate real estate" or "getting people to quit" that motivates CEOs. Regardless of what your personal experience, CEOs do not own the building or want to spend money on hiring. They legitimately think that "meeting in the hallway" is a good idea because that's the only time they spend listening to the little people.

You know that you can just ask someone for info like a normal person, but they are legitimately isolated. Many people freeze up if they get a call, email, Slack message, whatever from the Executive Team. CEOs need leadership training to manage remote workers.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

CEOs were already well-detached from reality before the pandemic started and before internet got good enough to allow for a lot of people to work from home. People are just as likely to freeze up seeing the CEO in person.