Roblox orders staff back to the office 3 days a week – or resign

www.businessinsider.com Roblox orders staff back to the office 3 days a week – or resign

Roblox CEO David Baszucki said virtual workspaces are not as "engaging, collaborative, and productive as physical spaces," and it "needed to get back to working in person."

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This is how companies lay people off without having to report layoffs
- And if they resign, no severance.
  
  Pretty sure Tesla is getting sued right now because they tried to call layoffs resignations with this same scheme
- Can an employee just refuse to go back and continue to work? I'd much rather be fired by them than give them a pass by resigning.
  
  Yes, but they don't have to pay you unemployment, because they can say you're not following employment requirements.
- If people were hired (say, in 2020) under the condition that they’re allowed to work from home, this might be considered constructive dismissal - that is, forcing an employee to quit in a way that is equivalent to firing them. The employees are then entitled to the normal rules for unemployment, and potentially severance pay, unused vacation cashout, and so on.
  
  I think Musk is facing several lawsuits along those lines, but might be moving to settle because the cost of arbitration would potentially bankrupt the company.
  
  Constructive dismissal only applies when it is used to terminate someone who is otherwise protected, for example a whistleblower. Companies can change work location requirements more or less at will.
- Employees should sue since this is functionally a layoff.
  
  That's what unemployment is for. If they fight the claim, then yeah, lawyer.
- They are actually not able to follow up. They are saying resign.. not get canned. They actually cannot afford severance. Best way to fight back is not comply, not resign.
- Constructive or insightful comments, such as this, are the kind of content Lemmy should strive for.
When will these asshole narcissist CEOs learn? We dont want to go into the office to stroke your fuckin ego, douchebag.
- I blame all the managers who struggle to create remotely engaging virtual meetings, and who count the majority of their team's productivity based on how many hours they can see them sitting at their desk🙄
another out of touch shitbag CEO ~ sky blue yet
- Guess what? He also sued someone for exposing him for protecting paedophiles!
- He's one of the highest paid CEOs in the entire world, fun fact... the 7th highest paid, at USD$232,786,391 in 2021(which is 1600x the average roblox employee's pay)
Unspoken here is the third option: navigate a series of untextured raised rectangular platforms littered with smaller rectangles that will fire you automatically if you touch them, designed by an 8 year old that got bored halfway through the engineering phase and wandered off to play Breakin Story 2.

The good news is that, for only 399 robux a month, you can get VIP membership, which includes a coil that allows you to immediately jump over the entire platform and land into a dated pile of two dimensional meme sprites they meant to clean up.
Cool so what prevents me from not going in 3 times a week and also not resigning?
- Fired for failure to meet performance requirements. That's fired for cause. No unemployment.
  
  Appeal that it was change in workplace conditions without adequate compensation. Unemployment with backpay
Fire them, I dare you.
- They will, with only a month of severance. Their goal is to cut cost, these are layoffs
I was given an ultimatum like this once, to do X or resign, and I chose not to do X and refused to resign, and I worked there for an additional nine months until I found something better. I did have to endure several meetings where they kept saying I "needed" to resign or comply, but they never fired me. Said I would get a bad reference, but since that's extremely risky on the company's part, I still used them as a reference. HR dgaf. They just know they can't say anything negative about a previous employee. The whole thing is absurd posturing.
- Exactly. Fire me. I'll work as an independent contractor and suck up your unemployment until I can't get another dime, then I'll get a job.
- why is it risky on their part?
  
  It's a huge opening to get sued. So you could lose millions, but it'll never make you a cent. So most are advised to just confirm very basic information like how long the employee worked there.
  
  https://www.achrnews.com/articles/141319-what-can-i-say-about-former-employees
  
  Companies seem to be afraid of getting sued by the previous employee over it. I'm not sure what the claim would be though... Maybe defamation?
- They should have made you an executive
Many companies are doing this. They're OK with the attrition. Acceptable losses as far as they're concerned. I suppose it's their right. I hope those that quit over it find better jobs.
- Great way to lose talent, not sure you understand the impact that has when you lose higher ranking resources (that aren’t meaningless mid managers)
  
  I see it in my own job. It's a tough situation. I get where companies are coming from and where workers are coming from too. I'm back in the office and it sucks. I can maybe go somewhere else and lose seniority and everything but gain flexibility. It's just another perk now you have to weigh all-in with pay and other compensation. Smart employers will recognize it's something people value now and want to attract top talent with flexible work scenarios.
Roblox rhymes with sux cocks.
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- Well, i thought it was funny.
The smirk of a smug asshole.
Oof
But how are their parents going to get them to work? /s
Hey Roblox! Learn what the Dead Sea Effect means for you!
Punchable face
don't they all have school to go to?

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