Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week
CEO Carl Pei says remote work “is not compatible” with the company.
CEO Carl Pei says remote work “is not compatible” with the company.
That headline is rather confusing. Then I realised that "Nothing" is a fricking company.
Also branding his stuff as Nothing phone/OS/ear is hilarious. Hilariously bad.
121totally agree. this guy couldnt market his way out of a paper bag... like naming a social media server 'moist'
31I think it's a bit of a stroke of genius on the article author's part, because it's a great double entendre the way it's written.
14They're trying to make something out of nothing.
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'This is a company for grown ups'
And yet you don't trust your employees to get their work done unless directly before your watchful eye? Get real, chump.
104"People can't communicate as well remotely," the CEO, projecting their personal lack of communication skills on everyone else.
56Unironically written by the CEO of a mobile phone company.
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Nothing CEO Carl Pei suggested that those unable to transition from remote working should leave the company and “find an environment where you thrive.”
Get completely fucked you dismissive shitbag.
Pei said in the email, telling employees who are worried about flexibility that “this is a company for grown ups.”
I'll say it again. Get completely…
I typically cheer device makers because I want competition to force my preferred device maker to compete on innovation. I had been on the side of Nothing. I now want it to fail. I want this dickfaced asshole executive to find out he ran his company into the ground by pissing off the talented people below him.
69Most likely his company will slowly crumble over the coming decades as his top talent leaves due to mistreatment while he wonders helplessly and obliviously how it all went wrong
14He will blame it on "the children who don't want to work".
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Seriously. I won't buy Nothing-anything at this point over this move. Carl Pei can fuck right off.
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“I know this is a controversial decision that may not be a fit for everyone, and there are definitely companies out there that thrive in remote or hybrid setups,” he added. “But that’s not right for our type of business, and won’t help us fully realize our potential as a company.”
By comparison, Nothing’s demand for five-day office attendance may sting for employees who helped shape the company while embracing its founding work-from-home environment.
Besides calling people who want flexibility children, the company was founded as work from home even though that wasn't right for the type of company. Sounds like the CEO doesn't know how the company works.
67He doesn't want a paper trail
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how to get rid of your best and most talented workers
52How to do lay off people without having to fork out severance pay.
29I've seen that theory a lot, but I just don't think it's actually all that common. Layoffs are layoffs, but the common thing about layoffs is they are usually calculated to cut the worst performing employees and go up from there.
A forced RTO policy is going to be unpredictable in who stays and who goes
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"Nothing is requiring employees to be in the office five days a week"
Yes, you're right. There isn't a thing that requires this. You shouldn't be required to do so.
The problem with naming a company an idiotic name like "Nothing" is that it's so easy to make who's-on-first jokes.
50theres nothing i hate more than nothing nothing keeps me up at night i toss and turn over nothing nothing can cause a great big fight
Yeah I was really confused when I read the title lol, I have to remember that there is a company named Nothing
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I'm assuming he made this declaration from his office, otherwise it would be hypocritical, and that's impossible. Surely.
29Projection. Guys like this are admitting that they themselves are incapable of the discipline required for at home work and think no one else can either.
25I really liked the work Nothing was doing, what a bummer. "this is a company for grown ups" my ass, how condescending.
24What work? They are just regular phones, with a bit more ego centric bs marketing showered over.
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Not that it matters but that would make me incompatible with the company.
24Wait, a CEO that's a total sack of shit? I don't believe it!
/s
22It's a requirement at this point. Evil is the only way up, or so they tell themselves.
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Why would we listen to this fucking tool? He's literally the CEO of nothing.
18This right here. This article title. This is why you don't name your company "Nothing".
18And when I saw it I had initially thought "Wouldn't it be funny if someone named their company Nothing and was struggling to push a return to office?"
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“Remote work is not compatible with a high ambition level plus high speed,”
Because wasting time shipping squishy sacks of flesh through meatspace to push buttons is so much faster than having them push buttons at home. /s
But if you have as shitty a company name as "Nothing" then I guess you need all the ambition you can get.
17You forget, said shipping of fleshbags is done on UNPAID time. CEOs love unpaid time.
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Pei said in the email, telling employees who are worried about flexibility that “this is a company for grown ups.”
During the next pandemic, do employees get to refuse working from home on the grounds of being grown ups?
17Why would you want to play into the hands of such a company?
3I wouldn't want to that. I'm calling for a strike ✊
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Well, if I was ever going to consider buying any "Nothing" product, that's enough to say fuck that notion indefinitely.
Also makes me wonder about teenage engineering at this point and the company they keep... Nothing and the Rabbit - shit hype products from shit grifter companies run by shit people.
16The employees should just leave and found a new company. Call it "Something".
15Ah, layoffs are coming to nothing soon. Well, sorry to hear that they are struggling.
14I mean, presumably they had to grab office space to make this move since they started during the pan, so maybe not.
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What a huge L. I thought this guy was cool.
14It's only a matter of time in a position like that before they go full Elon.
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Oh look, Carl pei is scum.
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companyemployer, after covid said “we are considering moving back to a hybrid way of working”. I replied “Well I am considering resigning to go somewhere that is fully remote. I am not the only one”And we never had a mandatory return to office mentioned again
8What an asshole
More tech workers should unionize so they can say "fuck you" to this kind of idiocy.
8theres nothing i hate more than nothing nothing keeps me up at night i toss and turn over nothing nothing can cause a great big fight
6factory worker, industrial production, security gaurd, janitor, HR cock sucker, upper mamagment boot licker, ...yes so many jobs require you to be in office and cant be done remotely but the problem is slavewaging 50 hrs a week (including commmuting and preparation for work) with minimum to no paid vaccation days a year
6Fair enough, I’ll show up at the office when they pay me for the time I just wasted commuting to the office. It’s my only ”asset” that is truly mine in this day and age.
6Kinda predictable from a person who claimed their product (Phone 2a) has the best unboxing experience, despite bundling an USB cable to it only.
4Can we please stop complaining about lack of chargers bundled with phones? If the phone is overpriced, then sure, maybe it's fair, but if the price of the charger is subtracted from the price of the phone, then that's the right thing to do, the charger can be bought separately if needed. Everybody has like a dozen USB chargers at home, it's standard now. No need to bundle e-waste.
2"Old" chargers are USB-A. Bundled cables are USB-C to USB-C, so you have to buy a new charger for it, or an USB-A to USB-C cable.
Additionally within the same brand you can have cheap phones with full suite of accessories - a charger, a case and screen protector, but once you go higher with a price tag you get less in a box. Example: OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite, which is now just a brand of Oppo, comes with a charger, a case and a screen protector, while their higher end model Oppo Reno 12 Pro comes with just a screen protector.
Samsung went even a step further and started making their boxes thicker, suggesting it comes with a charger, but in reality it comes with just a cable inside. Forgot which model was it though, iirc one of their Galaxy M line.
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Nothing doings.
3I look forward to his next winge about brain drain and 'no one wanting to work'
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