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I just bought my second gadget from the company and now I read this:

“Last Friday, we made an important decision to work 5 days a week in-office in London.” (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/getpeid_last-friday-we-made-an-important-decision-activity-7231217761765502976-RD1J/)

It signals to me that something is fundamentally wrong with the company - I can just hope that I’m wrong - that it needs abrupt change in the work order.

I’m concerned about the promised 3+1 year of quality Nothing OS updates I bought with the phones.

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    You know people also can work couple of hours a day and do they work perfectly, It’s not about quantity it’s about quality.

    This is true but the customer service is horrible, I have a pair on ear(1)s and there is absolutely no support left for the product. Not to mention there had been no effort to want to help to solve my issue. Also help lines just go to absolute nothing(ness) if you try to call the 24/7 line

      You’re reading too much of the situation I think.
      Personally, I prefer the hybrid work but, the fact that a company tells it’s workers they have to go to the office does not attest to the good or bad quality of the company.
      Before the pandemic everybody was going to their offices 5 days a week and there were still good and bad companies.
      It’s just a work policy.

      Now, if you tell me, “because of this policy they may start to lose their best people to other companies…” etc etc, you may be right, but it all depends on the other benefits that NOTHING may offer to their employees or not.

        AAS_1981

        For me only this seemingly all or nothing attitude makes me worried. I see this attitude a lot of time in situations where somebody feel tool-less to resolve a situation/problem and use power/force without much thinking.

          ‏‏‎Chris‏‏‎ changed the title to Concerns about the move to working 5 days a week in the London office .

          sznothing It signals to me that something is fundamentally wrong with the company - I can just hope that I’m wrong - that it needs abrupt change in the work order.

          I think you’re reading a little too much into this imo. A lot of companies return to 5 day in for various reasons:

          • To make more sense of the rent per head situation

          • To make collaboration and teamwork more effective

          • To become even more efficient and optimised than they already are

          • To boost overall team morale and make it a better place to work

          There doesn’t need to be anything “fundamentally wrong” for this to happen, many companies have returned to 5 day working. In fact, some of the most successful and profitable companies have done without anything being wrong.

          Also bear in mind that pre-pandemic almost all companies were 5 days in the office as a normal routine, hybrid was very rare. As such, companies are now looking to revert back to what the norm was.

          sznothing I’m concerned about the promised 3+1 year of quality Nothing OS updates I bought with the phones.

          As for this part, I’m not sure this will be impacted by the 5 day return to the office. The dev team aren’t based in the London office. If anything, I can only see this as a positive that the team are getting together 5 days a week, hopefully it’ll mean closer collaboration and effective in how they are all killing the market so far.

                Louis ☕️

                Maybe I was not clear enough in my post.

                My concern is not the actual work order or the new one. My concern is the way I perceive the communication about the change and the fact that my experience is with the “situations where somebody feel tool-less to resolve a situation/problem and use power/force without much thinking.” and the result is sub-optimal. Again this is only my experience.

                  Apple, famous for their poor track record on environmental concerns including single use items, proprietary standards, right to repair, and return to campus policies is really the competition Nothing phone seemed to differentiate itself from. Recent announcements regarding your companies position on working on site without regard to the carbon footprint that position entails not to mention the complete lack of respect it shows to employees’ valuable time tells me you are NOT the anti Apple! I am glad I learned this before wasting my money on your product!

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