Micromanager enforces 14-hour Zoom call to monitor employees, entire team quits to work for their competitor: 'The company closed'

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  • "The 14 hour Zoom Call"

    A coffee cup sits next to a Macbook Air displaying employees on a Zoom call.
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  • After 4 straight years of doubling business our shareholders determined that we needed a proper manager. Manager started Monday
  • strategizing. Wednesday checkins, and Friday wrap up meetings all ranging between 1-2 hours. Things started to feel more corporate but hey company chipotle was nice. This visionary
  • noticed that during the meetings everybody was doing other tasks and mandated that during meetings all focus needs to be dedicated on the meeting. Aye aye captain.
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  • Progress slowed further. Somehow we got lazier being watched so he enacted the 14 hour zoom to keep us on task.this kept up for months as we coasted into oblivion. The
  • company closed, and we all now work for our competitor. I am playing Elden ring until I start next month.
  • A businessman carries a cardboard box outside with a clipboard that reads "Resignation."
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  • orange... •4h ago Y'all were working 14 hour days? And it was the Zoom calls that set you over the edge? I'm sure I'm misunderstanding.
  • joeytw... 4h ago 14 hour zoom? Like, stay logged into Zoom all day, for "collaboration"?
  • Wog33... 5h ago Well now he got a healthy dose of reality didn't he?
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  • smooz... 4h ago • . I'm confused. Did yall have 14hr daily zoom calls? Or was that how many hours per week they ended up being? How many
  • hours a day did yall work? How long did it take for the business to go from "Hey we're doing pretty good" to "Everything must go sale"?
  • 626337 3h ago I'm the MaNaGeR and I'm here to mAnAgE you to make sure you're not fl Og off instead of doing the same work you've been doing all along.
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  • A great cautionary tale for those adhering to the belief of the value of middle managers.
  • Living_... 3h ago Thats why you should promote from the inside. The workers that work or the most angry worker because he's the guy who wants s do e
  • DynkoF... 3h ago At least you had a front row seat.
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  • Piggyp... 4h ago Not the cleverest person was he.

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