Outreach CEOs cringe post on return to office

he starts off his opinion piece by stating that he "has a confession". since when is it considered a confession, implying courage, to take the de facto stance of the ruling class on a platform owned and operated by the ruling class where no one can dissent in the comments for fear of reputational harm?

He then goes onto say that the problem with wfh is the lack of energy. He gives an anecdote on high fivinf people in his office and how much he misses it. The problem with that is he pays those people to be excited and energetic around him. he's basically saying that he misses being surrounded by people whose lives he has in the palm of his hand. and to him, it's worth bringing back all his employees to be popular--despite costing them 10s of thousands in childcare and 5+ hours a week in commuting costs during the largest inflationary crisis since 1980. 

anyways, outreach peeps, your ceo is out of touch 
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Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I don't miss a 90 minute commute to work each way. Full stop.

I'm not sorry for leaders who miss the buzz of the sweatshop floor. We've adjusted. They should.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
I say this often. It baffles me folks in leadership roles show their true ignorance by not learning anything the last 3 years. I will not follow anyone in that camp.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Never again over here.
RealPatrickBateman
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🔪Amateur Butcher🔪
The longer you work, the more you realize that the VAST majority of senior leadership is in their position simply because they outlasted the others. Not because they are great contributors or have an immense impact on the org...

However, they have told themselves their entire career that they are the cream that rises to the top. So they buy into the bullshit and believe that everyone see's them the way that they see themselves.

So yes, WFH doesn't offer the opportunity for them to mentally masturbate their ego on a daily basis and they MISS IT SOOO MUCH.
quotascammedeverytime
Opinionated
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account executive
P.s. it’s about control, not productivity
punishedlad
Tycoon
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Business Development Team Lead
But he says explicitly in the post that it's not about control!!!
Avon
Politicker
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Senior Account Executive
I work from home 99% of the time but I have no issue with leaders who want people back in the office, given the caveat that this is communicated during the interview process.

There are definitely benefits of working in the office together, there are many benefits of working from home. I personally prefer the latter but its baffling to me how people treat it like one or the other is 100% the answer.
HVACexpert
Politicker
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sales engineer
Yeah I like a hybrid role, come in for a couple days a week, maybe team based. Then work from home the rest. Sales obviously shouldn’t be required to work in office unless for specific reasons or meetings. But other roles could benefit from a little more office time. Like you said, just depends.
tulip22
Good Citizen
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AE
"since when is it considered a confession, implying courage, to take the de facto stance of the ruling class on a platform owned and operated by the ruling class where no one can dissent in the comments for fear of reputational harm?" say it louder for the people in the back
CPTAmerica
Opinionated
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President/CRO
It's lonely at the top
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Curious what your company sells cap. Ya mind? Vague is cool. You seem unusually human for someone who starts with a C
CPTAmerica
Opinionated
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President/CRO
Ha, I’ll take it! Built a B2B SaaS (HR tech) company to exit. Now run a sales consulting company working with early/mid stage SaaS founders and revenue leaders.
quotascammedeverytime
Opinionated
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account executive
So you get to see exactly how delusional these founders are and incompetent at sales? Or do the more competent ones with self awareness self select for consulting services?
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
*flounders
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Those who CAN do teach? Amazing. Congrats on the exit.
CPTAmerica
Opinionated
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President/CRO
Each engagement is a little different but it’s always interesting. Some are delusional, most are just terrified of messing it up. If they’re bringing in help that’s usually a good thing.
Space_Ghost20
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
It's all tradeoffs. You definitely miss something with WFH, but you also gain a lot too. Both companies and the employees. It's also interesting that some of these leaders want people back in the office in some of the most expensive areas of the country to live in.
CRAG112
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
There's literally nothing to miss.

Go to work. Leave. You aren't being paid for anything else.

If you want to meet people.....Meetup.com Guaranteed to find something for your interests and age range wherever you are.
Space_Ghost20
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
1. I definitely think you lose out on potential networking opportunities, networking opps that can lead to promotions. Are these important? Maybe for some people, maybe not for others. Is it worth having to go to an office? Again, depends.

2. Remote coaching is a lot harder. Good managers of course are not going to let WFH interfere with helping their team out. But we all know not every manager is a good one. Plus it's great getting peer coaching when you're literally working in the office/desk next door.

Again, I'm not saying WFH isn't worth it. I'm saying that there are obvious tradeoffs.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Yeah- I’ve gotten some “over-cubicle” live coaching that was helpful on the fly.
Diablo
Politicker
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Sr. AE
I produce more working from home 🏡
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
SMH, they will never learn
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Most of those people originally signed up for a commute and all that entails, so I don't feel sorry for them.

However, if its just so the CEO doesn't feel lonely, that's a different issue.

My current CEO, thanks to the pandemic, has come to realize that good people live everywhere, not just where he lives. I applied to my current company originally years ago and was turned away because I didn't live near the HQ. I got hired right away right after the pandemic because of his epiphany of good people working from home can work out.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Solid take. I plan on never working from an office again regardless of egomania involved.
CRAG112
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
How can you work and post all the time? :D
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Who dafuq said I work?
oldcloser
Arsonist
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💀
Ok, honest answer- in the early phases of long cycle paddling. Big load of pipe offloaded to the implementation/dev/scopers. If I drop another POC over there, there going to disown me. So... last few weeks? Just doing some solid relationship building... with my cat.

Even still, how long does a post take? I'm not writing a thesis over here. Lawd knows I've proven that. :)
Maximas
Tycoon
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Senior Sales Executive
Had to go diplomatic instead of just saying hey I just missed my money and benefits that's why I'm coming back,maybe he/she is not the best one to know as you said,however everyone has his own justifications for his decisions in a way that make em sound meaningful and reasonable!
Pepe
Opinionated
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Enterprise Account Executive
He's always been a bit tackey. Since 2020 he's been unbearable.
Insure
Good Citizen
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Sales Development Rep
Had a webinar with a company where at the top of the call the leading rep boasted about how his entire company is in office, how no one is remote, and they are better because of it.

Keep in mind all of us on the call are taking the call from home. Because 90% of our org is remote.

So tone deaf and definitely killed any energy he could of received.
CRAG112
Valued Contributor
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Account Executive
@quotascammedeverytimeCan you provide a link to the post and/or articles where this guy is saying these things?

I always liked the product. But I guess supporting it can't be done anymore.
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So like, Gong obviously forced all their employees to post on linkedin today with an obvious template?

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