Hacker News with Generative AI: Workplace Culture

U.S. Employee Engagement Sinks to 10-Year Low (gallup.com)
Employee engagement in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in a decade in 2024, with only 31% of employees engaged.

Employee Engagement, Workplace Culture, U.S. Economy, Gallup

40 points by jmsflknr 4 days ago | 99 comments

Employees are bypassing HR, sharing on LinkedIn (businessinsider.com)
Fed up with company processes, people are reporting their horrible bosses on social media

Human Resources, Social Media, Workplace Culture, LinkedIn

105 points by this_weekend 5 days ago | 98 comments

We moved to the old Sun campus, I noticed the towel dispensers had a delay timer (twitter.com)

Technology, Social Media, Observations, Workplace Culture

13 points by tosh 7 days ago | 3 comments

"Oh shit, my career " shouted one of the interns (seatsafetyswitch.com)
“Oh shit, my career!” shouted one of the interns in the bullpen when it becomes obvious immediately what had happened. Yes, Justin. You had now learned a new and uncomfortable truth about working for the Man, and your working life will never be the same again. And it all started because he didn’t follow the mandatory security training that every employee needs to click through while half-paying attention.

Cybersecurity, Workplace Culture, Work-Life Balance, Employee Training

26 points by pavel_lishin 17 days ago | 1 comments

The Power of Small Acts of Inclusion (hbr.org)
It matters when employees have a strong sense of belonging, or feel like they fit at a company: They’re more engaged, innovative, and productive.

Workplace Culture, Employee Engagement

8 points by kiyanwang 25 days ago | 3 comments

Out-of-office emails are getting a refresh – employees set work-life boundaries (cbc.ca)
Rather than a copy-and-paste message, employees have given the humble out-of-office reply a revamp.

Work-Life Balance, Email, Workplace Culture

8 points by Bluestein 27 days ago | 0 comments

Startup Conducts Survey on Stress Among Employees, Fires Those Who Were Stressed (officechai.com)
Indian companies have been laying off employees in large numbers over the last few quarters, but they seem to be getting increasingly creative in finding out which employees to let go.

Layoffs, Workplace Culture, India, Artificial Intelligence, Business

5 points by MattGrommes 39 days ago | 2 comments

Grifters, Believers, Grinders, and Coasters (seangoedecke.com)
Why do engineers get mad at each other so often?

Engineering, Workplace Culture, Communication

14 points by rbanffy 46 days ago | 3 comments

A Viral Google Doc Experiment During Google Layoffs (le-brun.eu)
January 2023 was a chaotic month inside Google. Without warning, the company announced 12,000 layoffs—roughly 6% of its global workforce. Panic set in as employees woke up to find their access suddenly revoked. There were stories of people discovering their fate while on parental leave, others mid-project, or even while on-call. Overnight, the atmosphere shifted from business-as-usual to fear and uncertainty.

Google, Layoffs, Workplace Culture, Social Media, Business

7 points by laurentlb 63 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What is it with this hate and disdain for interns/junior engineers? (ycombinator.com)
Some examples of this that I have seen so often:<p>No openings for interns or junior engineers, yet the companies and people I talk with, the senior engineers get sick often, lack drive and take longer PTO and their work isn't really that adequate.<p>Blaming interns or junior engineers for simple mistakes, which the senior which also should have seen.<p>Not training interns or junior engineers to become senior and be given more responsibility, I'm assuming we are all aware of the bus

Software Engineering, Workplace Culture, Hiring Practices, Internships

23 points by colesantiago 97 days ago | 43 comments

Executives and Research Disagree About Hybrid Work. Why? (nytimes.com)
Amazon’s C.E.O., Andy Jassy, made waves last month when he demanded that all employees return to the office five days a week.

Hybrid Work, Workplace Culture, Business, Leadership, Technology

43 points by ctoth 98 days ago | 73 comments

Google won't be mandating a strict return-to-office plan (entrepreneur.com)
Google won't be mandating a strict return-to-office plan, according to company leaders.

Google, Workplace Culture, Remote Work

281 points by christhecaribou 106 days ago | 290 comments

Remote Work Was to Reshape the Political and Social Landscape. What Happened? (joanwestenberg.com)
The remote work experiment proved we don’t need to be in an office to succeed—so why are we still being dragged back to our desks?

Remote Work, Workplace Culture, Social Change, Politics

6 points by cratermoon 110 days ago | 0 comments

91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with RTO, 3-in-4 want to jump ship (theregister.com)
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last week sent a memo to staff informing them everyone is now expected in the office five days a week from the start of next year, and a poll of staff suggests this hasn't gone down well.

Amazon, Remote Work, Workplace Culture

66 points by taubek 114 days ago | 66 comments

Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy: Poll (arstechnica.com)
An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are “dissatisfied” with Amazon killing remote work and requiring them to be in the office five days a week next year.

Remote Work, Amazon, Workplace Culture, Employee Satisfaction

6 points by dangle1 114 days ago | 0 comments

Conscious unbossing: why Gen Z are refusing to become managers (theguardian.com)
Research has found more than half of British young professionals do not want to take on a middle-management position. And who can blame them?

Management, Generation Z, Workplace Culture, Research, Career

5 points by n1b0m 114 days ago | 1 comments

The war on remote work has nothing to do with productivity (the-sentinel-intelligence.com)
Every year, CEOs demand more employees return to the office. Mainstream news outlets run stories calling remote workers lazy.

Remote Work, Productivity, Workplace Culture

275 points by kruuuder 117 days ago | 289 comments

Ask HN: How do you feel about the 'Do you have a best friend at work' question? (ycombinator.com)
Gallop has one of the best-known employee engagement surveys, known as the Q12. It asks 12 questions, and one of them is, "Do you have a best friend at work?"

Workplace Culture, Employee Engagement, Surveys, Human Resources

16 points by jawns 118 days ago | 25 comments

Concord had a dev culture of toxic positivity that halted any negative feedback (twitter.com)

Software Development, Workplace Culture, Feedback, Toxicity

93 points by xnhbx 119 days ago | 78 comments

Amazon says workers need to be in the office. Most of Silicon Valley disagrees (ft.com)
Amazon says workers need to be in the office. Most of Silicon Valley disagrees.

Remote Work, Workplace Culture, Silicon Valley, Amazon

6 points by belter 120 days ago | 5 comments

Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility (theconversation.com)
Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility

Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Workplace Culture, Stress, Communication

18 points by rntn 127 days ago | 4 comments

Cultures of Disruption Are Destroying Modern Workplaces (psychologytoday.com)