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Remote work is still 'frustrating and disorienting' for bosses, economist says—their No. 1 problem with it::Although some bosses have recognized the benefits of workplace flexibility, many are still hesitant to adopt remote work permanently.

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[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

My job for years was building maintenance. From doing it on my own at small places to leading teams. One of the last places I worked at was a theme restaurant that had me and a part time person. The job started at 4am so I would be out of the way before they started serving guests. I had a great boss that was moved to another location, after 3 years, the new boss hated me he constantly asked me to prove my work, told me straight out that he couldn't quantify my labor cost. The first meeting we had he told me straight out that he didn't understand the position and didn't know why I was there. Needless to say I was fired after 4 months with him.

[-] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Fixing things before they break? What an alien concept

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Where my wife works they don't fund the maintenance department, instead they put a maintenance expense in everyone else's budget and make facilities bill them like they are an outside contractor. Stupidest business model.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I bet he figured out what you were worth when the place was disgusting a week later lol

Or...I'm not sure what building maintenance is in this case and maybe no cleaning involved but whatever he'll know when it falls down.

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Some cleaning, but mostly making sure the monkeys moved and the latex elephant went off on schedule, also the kitchen items like the fryers, pizza conveyor, and dishwasher were ready to go at all times.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 year ago

I feel like the problem for maintenance is that it doesn't flow in steady units of output like production tasks. You don't have a maintenance team to keep them at 100% use, but to make sure that everything else is at 100% functioning.

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You don't go buy a mop when you have a flood you keep one standing by. Maintenance is like keeping a rental mop on hand, sure you can use it for the little things while you wait for the big one and that's when they shine.

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