Adam Crafton: NEW: Latest instalment of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s shakeup of Man Utd staff: memo sent today informing them that all contracted hours must be worked from the office starting June 1. Hybrid arrangements: over.
Adam Crafton: NEW: Latest instalment of Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s shakeup of Man Utd staff: memo sent today informing them that all contracted hours must be worked from the office starting June 1. Hybrid arrangements: over.
Yeah that’ll solve the issues! good going SJR.. /s
GutBeer101 on
Hopefully, INEOS bring the same ruthlessness to the playing squad.
JLane1996 on
As someone who works in data I can’t get behind this at all, even if the underlying message is about bringing us back to elite standards
mastermindrishi on
This is just some real boomer mentality. Hybrid allows for productive and happier employees. Smh
cvpaws on
Stone age policies like this don’t really fill me with confidence.
Its not like the others clubs have such policies to get the most out of their workforce.
snoring_pig on
Crafton really has a reliable source from somewhere inside the club from some staff member that doesn’t seem to be involved with the football squad itself.
He has constantly been dropping scoops ever since it was revealed in detail how the higher ups initially wanted to bring Greenwood back into the squad this season and how it caused a lot of discomfort and backlash from many other club employees
greyhounds1992 on
Wouldn’t be happy with this at all, as someone who works hybrid I save so much money on fuel, buying meals etc
This is an outdated mindset and won’t create a happy workplace at all
PlantainZealousideal on
His guiding metric for productivity that he was basing this off of is email traffic… which I can’t say is the most reliable indicator of productivity lol
nmarkham96 on
The implication of “all contracted hours” is that they want workers to be available to work overtime hours from home while demanding they commute to the office as well. I know it’s not shocking that an old, out of touch, billionaire wants to have his cake and eat it too but it still sucks to see it happening at a club I love. Shows a complete lack of respect for everybody working there in my opinion.
grimlya on
When we said to bring the club back to the good ol’ days, this ain’t it man
laffman on
Terrible decision.. good people will quit over this.
Away_Associate4589 on
I can’t say I’m particularly outraged by this but it does seem odd that every company memo ends up straight in the hands of journalists. It’s like Crafton’s BCCed in at times.
Kreissler on
Not really surprising coming from a tax evading tory geezer
TobzMaguire420 on
Can’t be on gardening leave if you’re not allowed to work in garden. That’s how that works right?
FUThead2016 on
Stupid oil billionaire, what else is to be expected from such people. Go on, exploit the workers, out of touch moron
dinamorechin on
Honestly don’t understand people’s complaints about this. I would love work from home but if the company is rotten from top to bottom working from home isn’t working.
The pitch is awful. The scouting and analysts aren’t finding players or patterns or anything at all. The medical team failing. Even our kitchen team can’t cook food properly.
Only team doing a decent job is the team sorting sponsors. But the finance team isn’t doing great either.
Not sure why people think home working is better when things all over the club are falling apart. I’m sure some are working harder and happy it exists but clearly an overall majority are not and maybe once things start going better they can work from home again with proper things in place to ensure work is being done properly and well
Ajayhearty24 on
Terrible and boomer decision.
Fossekall on
I completely get it. I’m going through something similar, and while I don’t like it, I do understand that there are certain people who don’t work from home. It’s a loss for me in terms of comfort, ease, and enjoyment of my job, but it’s also going to get some people to ACTUALLY do their job to the level they did before working from home became normalized
Edit: And if there’s anything I expect from a workplace with as stagnated ownership as United, it’s that their work culture is rotten and needs a massive overhaul all the way through. Get them all in, get everyone back to the standards they need. Working from home can come back later
kuromahou on
I’m going to go contrarian here and say this is about rebuilding a culture. Hitting reset is going to be more effective with people in the same building, as much as it sucks.
gucciloafer on
How many articles are we going to get about a corporation ending WFH policies?
hitch_1 on
Nope. Make the workplace somewhere people want to spend their time first. Incentivise staff with team building, events, rewards. Don’t just enforce a return – I’d be fuming.
Benefits of working from home, being with family and being able to juggle lifestyle more flexibly has been a revelation – the only downsides were the outlay and organisation required to achieve that, but obviously that had already been managed.
It’s not like manchester united wouldn’t already have it’s fucking draw for staff to come in..
MBDTWilldigg on
Reminder this guy supported the uk becoming the first nation in history to put economic sanctions on itself
He’s once again trying to get people to leave
kheetkhat on
Can’t get behind this tbh. Seems like SJR has a very outdated outlook on handling staff, won’t be surprised if it leads to resignations.
KissmyButtner on
Good
Fluffy_Roof3965 on
Crack that whip Jimmy boy!
_nosfa on
Plot twist they’ve send a different date to the employees and they are trying to find who is leaking to the press
cydus on
Are these leaks or announcement from the club?
Bigboyfresh on
Following the Elon strategy, make people upset enough to quit.
ImmaGoldman on
Billionaires suck
swarsh on
So far I’m fully supportive of what ineos has been doing (be it small or large changes) but I can not get behind this. Hybrid working/WFH should become the standard in this day and age, this is rolling back the years in management.
Anyone who has any real skill or talent is 100% leaving for another job that allows them to hybrid/WFH. Madness how this is the direction he’s going.
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Yeah that’ll solve the issues! good going SJR.. /s
Hopefully, INEOS bring the same ruthlessness to the playing squad.
As someone who works in data I can’t get behind this at all, even if the underlying message is about bringing us back to elite standards
This is just some real boomer mentality. Hybrid allows for productive and happier employees. Smh
Stone age policies like this don’t really fill me with confidence.
Its not like the others clubs have such policies to get the most out of their workforce.
Crafton really has a reliable source from somewhere inside the club from some staff member that doesn’t seem to be involved with the football squad itself.
He has constantly been dropping scoops ever since it was revealed in detail how the higher ups initially wanted to bring Greenwood back into the squad this season and how it caused a lot of discomfort and backlash from many other club employees
Wouldn’t be happy with this at all, as someone who works hybrid I save so much money on fuel, buying meals etc
This is an outdated mindset and won’t create a happy workplace at all
His guiding metric for productivity that he was basing this off of is email traffic… which I can’t say is the most reliable indicator of productivity lol
The implication of “all contracted hours” is that they want workers to be available to work overtime hours from home while demanding they commute to the office as well. I know it’s not shocking that an old, out of touch, billionaire wants to have his cake and eat it too but it still sucks to see it happening at a club I love. Shows a complete lack of respect for everybody working there in my opinion.
When we said to bring the club back to the good ol’ days, this ain’t it man
Terrible decision.. good people will quit over this.
I can’t say I’m particularly outraged by this but it does seem odd that every company memo ends up straight in the hands of journalists. It’s like Crafton’s BCCed in at times.
Not really surprising coming from a tax evading tory geezer
Can’t be on gardening leave if you’re not allowed to work in garden. That’s how that works right?
Stupid oil billionaire, what else is to be expected from such people. Go on, exploit the workers, out of touch moron
Honestly don’t understand people’s complaints about this. I would love work from home but if the company is rotten from top to bottom working from home isn’t working.
The pitch is awful. The scouting and analysts aren’t finding players or patterns or anything at all. The medical team failing. Even our kitchen team can’t cook food properly.
Only team doing a decent job is the team sorting sponsors. But the finance team isn’t doing great either.
Not sure why people think home working is better when things all over the club are falling apart. I’m sure some are working harder and happy it exists but clearly an overall majority are not and maybe once things start going better they can work from home again with proper things in place to ensure work is being done properly and well
Terrible and boomer decision.
I completely get it. I’m going through something similar, and while I don’t like it, I do understand that there are certain people who don’t work from home. It’s a loss for me in terms of comfort, ease, and enjoyment of my job, but it’s also going to get some people to ACTUALLY do their job to the level they did before working from home became normalized
Edit: And if there’s anything I expect from a workplace with as stagnated ownership as United, it’s that their work culture is rotten and needs a massive overhaul all the way through. Get them all in, get everyone back to the standards they need. Working from home can come back later
I’m going to go contrarian here and say this is about rebuilding a culture. Hitting reset is going to be more effective with people in the same building, as much as it sucks.
How many articles are we going to get about a corporation ending WFH policies?
Nope. Make the workplace somewhere people want to spend their time first. Incentivise staff with team building, events, rewards. Don’t just enforce a return – I’d be fuming.
Benefits of working from home, being with family and being able to juggle lifestyle more flexibly has been a revelation – the only downsides were the outlay and organisation required to achieve that, but obviously that had already been managed.
It’s not like manchester united wouldn’t already have it’s fucking draw for staff to come in..
Reminder this guy supported the uk becoming the first nation in history to put economic sanctions on itself
He’s once again trying to get people to leave
Can’t get behind this tbh. Seems like SJR has a very outdated outlook on handling staff, won’t be surprised if it leads to resignations.
Good
Crack that whip Jimmy boy!
Plot twist they’ve send a different date to the employees and they are trying to find who is leaking to the press
Are these leaks or announcement from the club?
Following the Elon strategy, make people upset enough to quit.
Billionaires suck
So far I’m fully supportive of what ineos has been doing (be it small or large changes) but I can not get behind this. Hybrid working/WFH should become the standard in this day and age, this is rolling back the years in management.
Anyone who has any real skill or talent is 100% leaving for another job that allows them to hybrid/WFH. Madness how this is the direction he’s going.