The CEO of a tech company praised ``an employee who sold his dog to return to the office'' and went up in flames, but the evidence video was re-uploaded.



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Clearlink referred to an employee who was forced to let go of his pet dog due to an order to return to work at a remote meeting, and when the video was spread on the Internet, protests flooded. The video has since been taken down due to a copyright claim filed by Clearlink, but numerous copies have been reuploaded onto the internet.

CEO Celebrates Worker Who Sold Family Dog After He Demanded They Return to Office
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj574/ceo-celebrates-worker-who-sold-family-dog-after-he-demanded-they-return-to-office



Clearlink CEO James Clarke celebrates employee selling dog

https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/clearlink-ceo-james-clarke-celebrates-employee-selling-dog/



Headquartered in Utah, USA, Clearlink was previously known for its open-minded approach to remote work for its employees. The company's CEO James Clark stated in an email sent to employees in October 2022, ``There are no plans to mandate office work,'' and some of those who joined Clearlink are ``remote-first'' companies. Some people were decisive to be.

However, Clearlink, which was struggling with the deterioration of the business environment, sent an email to the entire company on April 3, 2023, saying, ``Some employees living within 50 miles (about 80 km) of the new headquarters in Utah From April 17th, with the exception of , you will be required to come to work at least four days a week.'



In a video conference explaining the decision, Clark accused some employees working remotely of becoming ``

quiet quiters (people who do only the minimum work).'' He taunted remote employees for secretly doing side jobs, and said, ``You should use AI to produce 30 to 50 times the normal results,'' and told employees to ``blood, sweat, and tears.'' to the company.

Clark also noted that some employees were forced to give up their dogs due to a change in company policy, saying, 'I have sacrificed for the company, and everyone else has sacrificed leaving their families. I heard from one of our leaders about a man who sold his family's dog, and as someone who spearheaded the pet humanization movement in other businesses, It's heartbreaking,' he said, implying that other employees should make sacrifices to get back to the office.

Clark's 'other business' presumably refers to his background at a company called PetIQ , a medical and wellness business for pets.



The return to office work has taken a toll on pets as well as children and parents. On the topic of whether employees who take care of children can balance childcare and work, Clark said, 'It is possible, but it will put a lot of stress on the lives of working mothers.' It would not be fair for employers and children to raise children while working,' he said.

According to the news media Motherboard, which covered this case, the video conference video spread on YouTube and the bulletin board-type social news site Reddit was flooded with angry voices from Internet users. I can't see the original post because it was deleted in a copyright claim filed by Clearlink.



However, since it was re-uploaded by Motherboard and Reddit users who obtained the video file, you can see the video even at the time of article creation.

UPDATE: Utah's Clear Link Keeps Filing Copyright Claims Against This Video of Their CEO (James Clarke) Being an UNBELIEVABLE Douche to Employees. Reuploading here for backup. More mirrors included in post.
by u/Ivan AfterAll in antiwork



It has been pointed out that the reason why CEO Clark is forcing a return to office work is that although the new headquarters was opened in early 2023, employees do not return as expected. In an email in October 2022, CEO Clark emphasized in bold that ``There are no plans to mandate working in the new office,'' but at this video conference, ``I'm sure you'll want to go to this world-class facility every day. I thought it would be, but unfortunately it's not.'

'The changes are permanent, non-voluntary, and will not be reviewed unless there is a special business need,' Clearlink said in an internal document explaining the decision. In addition, the return to office work is targeted at ``employees living within a 50-mile radius of the headquarters'' as judged by employee address registration and Google Maps, and the number is about 275, which is 35% of the employees. I said yes. Employees who do not comply with this decision and do not return to the office will be subject to 'corrective action,' the document warns.

Clearlink spokesperson Lane Watson told Motherboard that the matter was an internal matter within Clearlink and that the mandate to return to the office was in line with the company's overall goals. , refrained from giving a specific answer to the question.

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