Category / technology

by Diane Tate

Best Places To Work

I’ve worked on employer branding at Schwab, Mozilla and continue to support it within Salesforce‘s technology org. Some core employer brand programs I’ve ran include entering employer ratings competitions (I have some issues with these but they are certainly a proxy), managing Glassdoor ratings, and getting general coverage and endorsements for being a great employer.

So when I saw this CNBC coverage of Hubstaff as a Top Remote employer, I was intrigued and, as many would, headed over to Glassdoor to hear what employees were saying directly.

It was here that I encountered perhaps a closer real-world analogy to this beloved @DPRK_News account than the real deal: an HR response to this employee’s review on Glassdoor (screenshots for posterity):

by Diane Tate

Do not Link

Unsurprisingly, the enterprise which commodified endorsements continues its profitable human engineering. The latest discovery: training humans to dig down for the thing they want, rather than simply offering it to them.

The reason any self-respecting UX professional would diminish these natural human tendencies is the 2010s most notable invention: growth marketing. It all becomes normal once we are trained.

This may explain this enterprise’s fondness for the producer of the Turk and the Warehouse.

by Diane Tate

Diane-a-Damus

In April 2019 I cautioned about the advent corporate surveillance. I went on to add a few postscripts that track the dystopian unwinding, but I thought I’d do a separate post lauding my prophecy here. Because who doesn’t need a Worker Productivity Score?

This week we learned that Microsoft really does want you to live you best life (or rather, Viva). And they can help us “address complex challenges and respond to change by shedding light on organizational work patterns and trends.”

Even better: Amazon is ensuring that all kinds of work will be addressed.

Are you relieved?

p.s. will it all be coming back home soon?