Work-from-home and remote setups have become a staple of our professional lives since COVID-19.
While many thrive in this flexible environment, a techie on social media is speaking out about the challenges of managing employees who struggle to stay productive while working remotely.
In a social media post, a tech industry professional shared a sobering experience about the challenges of remote work, revealing an employee who failed to meet even the most basic expectations regardless of showing off about his passion for the job during the interview.
What does the post explain?
According to the post, the employee showed extremely good qualities of an ideal candidate. He passionately described his love for remote work, adding that he thrived without constant supervision and was highly disciplined.
His promises of being a self-starter and responsible worker led the hiring manager to believe he would be a great fit for the fully remote role.
However, once the employee started his job, things quickly took a turn for the worse. The manager revealed that the employee consistently failed to perform basic tasks like checking Slack messages, responding to emails, or even attending scheduled Zoom meetings.
Even more troubling was the employee’s frequent claims that his camera was “broken” during video calls, an excuse that became all too familiar. When the manager would request updates on his tasks, the employee’s responses were vague at best, often consisting of one-liners such as, “Oh yeah, I’m on it,” though, according to the manager, he was most definitely not.
Despite this lack of effort, the employee repeatedly expressed how much he “loved the job” and how grateful he was for the opportunity.
His actions, however, suggested he was more interested in the perks of remote work, the flexibility, the title, and the paycheck than actually doing the work required to earn them.
“Remote work doesn’t make someone more productive. Discipline does,” the manager wrote.
‘Bad employees exist everywhere’
Netizens also reacted to the post. A user noted, “Bad employees exist. They exist remotely. They exist in-office. Nothing here indicates this is uniquely a remote issue, or that it’s more common for remote employees.”
Another claimed, “I know someone who came in-office doing it, he opened his email on his phone and i saw a different company in his email signature. Then i just acted like I saw nothing.”
A netizen added, “The employee who was lazy, this manager who was gullible and incapable, or you, the imbecile who doesn’t understand that the issue has nothing to do with remote employment, except for fitting a narrative in your head?.”
“Sounds like he was doing 2 jobs. Typical overemployed situation,” added another.
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