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32 remote employees buy device to bypass CEO's silly idle time requirements, now the CEO wants one too

The way this stubborn CEO handled the fallout of this situation says quite a bit about his leadership style.

This formerly in-person work environment went fully remote a few years ago and opted to stay that way, which was a big win for the 32 employees who fought for this change. That being said, there was a catch: the CEO enforced silly idle time requirements, which resulted in heavy monitoring of their productivity on Microsoft Teams. It got to the point where employees were regularly shamed during team meetings if IT noted a considerable amount of idle time. 

One employee took matters into her own hands and enlisted the help of her tech-savvy brother to build a quality device that could bypass detection. She ended up being praised during team meetings for her productivity level despite no change in her actual work ethic. Other employees wanted in on this, and the brother ended up making devices for the entire company. Eventually, the CEO caught on and rather than just change the policy, it turns out that he wanted one of the devices as well. 

Keep scrolling below for the full saga. For more, check out this post about an employee who called out her bosses right before walking out.

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Posted by BenWeiss
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