Micromanaging remote workers?

didn't hear Thai directly but a guy I know works for a fairly hot name in the SaaS space.   apparently if his slack has been idle for longer than 15 minutes his manager will call him and ask what he's up to?  

on a somewhat related note, is McDonald's hiring these days?
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Gasty
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I know I’ve had this discussion with a fellow Sales person, he’d ask me to call a rep randomly to see if he’s “slacking”.

It only happens when the management doesn’t trust the worker or isn’t delivering. I don’t see people wasting time on performers. No?

Is the guy you know delivering?
Juancallclose
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Director
Likely not delivering though I don't think it's his fault. He was a stud back in the day. We do things when we WFH right? Walk the dog, Starbucks etc
Pachacuti
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
There are easy workarounds for this.
Kosta_Konfucius
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ERP Sales
That’s why a moving mouse pad was invented
CuriousFox
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One that you don't plug into your laptop 😉
jefe
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OHHH good point.

Didn't even think of that.
Sunbunny31
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When you can't manage....you micromanage.
Kosta_Konfucius
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ERP Sales
That’s absolutely brutal
medhardwaredr
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Director of Sales NA
This is a total failure of management
LambyCorn
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yeah my new role my pc shuts off after 5 minutes of being idle... looking for more options now after 1 week in training lol
Justatitle
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Account Executive
Yes, tough one, on one hand the company is paying you to work and all that jazz, on the other I wouldn't want to be in the office and have my boss standing over my shoulder 24/7
BitcoinAddict
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AE
TBH I kind of wonder what some folks are up to at times too and I am not even a manager. However, remote work for life baby!
Juancallclose
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Fair comments.
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