The chief executive officer of prominent rideshare business Ola has actually apparently called out team over their “very poor” office attendance in a work-from-home crackdown. An increasing number of companies are ordering employees back into the office and workers have been warned their employer could soon follow suit.
Ola CEO and co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal reportedly told staff that the Indian rideshare company would be taking a “more stringent” strategy to functioning from the workplace due to team that had actually “mistreated the liberty”. According to the Times of India, Aggarwal released a company-wide e-mail to team recently that has actually considering that gone viral.
“Hi all, I’ve been going through our attendance data. It is shocking that a lot of people have very poor attendance,” Aggarwal said.
“I would imagine everyone has the basic self-respect to not fleece the company by not even turning up for work. It’s even disrespectful to those colleagues who genuinely work hard and contribute.”
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Aggarwal, who co-founded the company in 2011, noted that Ola does not have any WFH policy except for “genuine needs”.
“Monday onwards a more stringent attendance expectation will start. And those of you who have misused the freedom so far, HR will be having a conversation with you,” he warned.
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“The best excuse I’ve heard so far is that the facial recognition system data is wrong. Let’s not insult basic intelligence.”
Aggarwal then encouraged staff to “come to work, do good work, and feel a part of Ola’s mission”.
Ola abruptly exited the Australian market in April this year, after more than six years of operation.
Yahoo Finance has contacted Ola for comment.
Plenty of Aussie companies have been pushing for their staff to return back to the office full-time.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has ordered staff back into the office full-time from January next year, including some 7,000 Aussie workers.
In a memo to staff, Jassy said the company continued to “believe that the advantages of being together in the office are significant” and noted it was easier for staff to learn, collaborate and brainstorm in the office.
Aussie gambling company Tabcorp ordered its 1,500 employees back into the office in September, while the NSW government told its 450,000 public sector staff to return in August.
