Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah tells employees to ‘work longer hours’ in year-end email::Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah sent a year-end note to employees, suggesting they work longer hours and do better at mixing work with their personal lives.
We ordered a bookcase and it was trashed, because the seller didn’t package it properly. Never bought from them again. Another company that raced to the bottom.
Reminder that Wayfair supplied beds to ICE and harassed and fired employees who protested.
How is this relevant to the technology community?
Yea nah
Hold on: this might look bad, but consider the importance of the mission.
This is Wayfair we’re talking about! People jump at the chance to change the world by going to work for Wayfair!
I know that if I worked there, I’d wake up every day knowing that people are counting on me. Counting on me to buy brik-a-brak that they may not remember ordering when it arrives. Counting on me to buy a kids desk that they find is actually smaller than they realized, and then throw out. Counting on me to buy a wedding gift that will get sold for $10 on Craigslist unopened.
That’s the kind of purpose that everyone goes to Wayfair with, right? In a world of runaway climate change and empires in decline, who wouldn’t work longer hours for THE Wayfair?? /S
Uh oh, Shah. This a textbook 3 ghosts scenario.
I’m going to be honest. I’ve met quite a few ex Wayfair employes. Working longer isn’t going to solve their problems.
- Wayfare throws so much fucking inventory into the trash, just ask anyone who’s ordered from them. Seriously, everyone who has ordered from Wayfare has a “they fucked up and then sent me 3 couches for free” story.
- The decision making at Wayfare is stupid. I’ve met quite a few ex wayfare or current workers looking to leave, some stuff sounds cool but it’s never really helping the business get better.
Wayfare’s reputation at this point is “shittier than IKEA, and you’ll get the wrong thing”
Last two times I’ve ordered from them, I’ve wound up with extra stuff. I ordered a set of 8 patio cushions and received 12. Ordered a patio set and coffee table and received a whole extra coffee table.
Quality, as you said, isn’t great. IKEA can be a pain to get to (for me), but you know their stuff is designed well.
As a software engineer myself, I am pretty confident that this is not going to have the effect that Shah thinks it will
Work harder work faster!
Work deez nutz
I would consider working longer hours if I had a shit load of equity. Consider it. No promises. Otherwise, nah. There’s only ever going to be one 12/22/2023 5:00pm, and I’d rather spend that hanging out with family than making money for someone else.
Nirajisms
Ew.
Big Michael Scott vibes
How about freaking nooo.
Sounds a wee bit out of touch with reality. Sure, HE can spend as many hours as he wishes because it basically becomes almost a hobby to ‘work’ at whatever insane amount he gets paid. There’s really no incentive at the lower levels of any company unless there’s true equity and a return on someone’s sweat and diligence.
The more my employer asks me to do more then my contract says, the more I will stick exactly to what my contract says and eventually just leave.
Part of my employers year end message was that they’re giving us even more time off starting next year so we can disconnect more! Sure glad I got a good one compared to this tool. (we all get 5 weeks now)
Are there no prisons! Are there no workhouses!
If they’d rather die then they’d better do it, and decrease the surplus population!
This guy comes off like a jerk. Terrible sounding person.
