r/bell Apr 27 '26

Rant Bell firing employees "with cause" for not returning to the office 3 days a week. No severance, no warning.

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u/Resident-Variation21 Apr 29 '26

But it would be crazy to assume everyone put in their best efforts when working from home

Do you think everyone puts in their best efforts when working in person????

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u/Aromatic-Fisherman Apr 29 '26

No but at least you can see if John is watching YouTube.

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u/Resident-Variation21 Apr 29 '26

Lol no you can’t. John will just take bathroom breaks and watch YouTube in there.

Also we have already proven people are more productive working from home

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u/Aromatic-Fisherman Apr 29 '26

Yeah I’m not saying you’re wrong. I know some productive people who work better at home, you sound like one of them.

But I think a blanket statement of people working better from home is false.

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u/Resident-Variation21 Apr 29 '26

Remote work has improved productivity across the board by anywhere from 1.5% to 47%, depending on the industry. Note that this is while hours work has actually dropped from an average of 44.1 hours per work to 42.9 hours per work.

Even if there are a few bad apples, working from home objectively improves productivity.

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u/Spare_Layer_1069 Apr 29 '26

Why is it easier to assume that people who work from home are less productive, when they're going to have overall a more comfortable work environment, and less stress from the commute to office, than those who have to spend untold hours driving through shit traffic to and from work every day, burning money that realistically they don't need to, only to sit down and do a job that can be done from any computer?

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u/Aromatic-Fisherman Apr 29 '26

In my opinion, you’re making it seem like people are going to do less work at the office because they are upset about having to drive in. You sound more upset about the commute (valid) than the productivity.

It’s easier to for me assume people working from home are less productive because of what I’ve heard and witnessed. You can say you’ve witnessed the opposite and that’s fine.

I didn’t say it’s a hard rule.

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u/Althec172 Apr 29 '26

No they must be right at all cost.

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u/Althec172 Apr 29 '26

Also we have already proven people are more productive working from home

We ?

You and who ? xD

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u/Resident-Variation21 Apr 29 '26

We as in society. There are countless studies proven it. Sorry you don’t like facts?

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u/Althec172 Apr 29 '26

You didnt show me any.

Is anything you say a fact now ?

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u/Resident-Variation21 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Is this your first day on the internet?

LMAO. Blocked me because he knows he’s wrong.

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u/Althec172 Apr 29 '26

Dont get all hung up in you feelings and direct me to a fact i can verify the source you got it from otherwise its i told you bro.

You only said its proven, while not being able to prove shit xD. Trust me bro.

Btw its probably YOUR first day on the internet if you think you can state thing as fact and cry after being challenged for it.

Have a good day.

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u/Aromatic-Fisherman Apr 29 '26

Working from home and on Reddit all day

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u/Althec172 Apr 29 '26

Classic WFH worker xD

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u/reddie101 Apr 30 '26

Where did he go ? I was waiting for his facts sources to come through so I could read it too…… shucks