#commuter

Just read on a local news website that the 800 bldg downtown STL will be going up for auction next month (June). With all the RTO mandates it will be interesting to see if the bank will purchase the building not knowing whomever buys that building has different plans with that property that could potentially displace BOA altogether in that building. I hope not because I will WFH if that happens and not relocate to another location which I currently commute 2hrs already RT.

Recently moved and now I’m apparently 30.1 miles from the nearest hub which is about a 45 min - 1.5 hour drive depending on traffic.

HR says that I’m “within” the 30 mile range.

I’ve pulled maps on my own, it goes from 30.1 to 31 to as high as 50 miles.

Should I even try to fight this? How far are you from your hub within that 30 miles?

Getting a free ice cream one day definitely makes up for commuting 156 days annually to take teams calls from a noisy cubicle

the large influx daily! They barely survived this winter with rampant cancellations and hours long delay? How is mgmt going to handle that? Commuters stand outside at the commuter rail you cannot expect people to stand outside to catch a delayed train in torrential rain, snow, freezing temperatures and two hour delays. Again, not thought out coupled with the low amount of trains scheduled barely added since Covid.

I'm not going to waste time going on and on about the same things but who is actually going in to work at 8/9 and staying till 5pm? Obviously RTO 5 days means working from the office all 5 days but there's no way in he-l the majority is willingly going to go from WFH to now commuting to an office just to sit there for 8 hours.

packed it up and move to either St Louis Missouri, Chicago Illinois, Detroit Michigan Memphis Tennessee Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Baltimore Maryland or Washington DC

Oil is spiking with the Iran situation and gas is climbing. For anyone commuting 50 miles each way, that’s 500 miles a week. At 20 MPG, that’s about 25 gallons every week just driving in circles to get to the office.

When gas pushes toward $5, that’s $125 a week, or over $6,000 a year out of pocket just for fuel.

That’s not insignificant… That’s a real ongoing hit to employees for work we’ve already proven can be done from home.

Even energy agencies have said remote work is one of the easiest ways to reduce demand during spikes like this. Instead, we’re doing the opposite and forcing more consumption and more cost onto employees for absolutely no reason.

At minimum, this should trigger a shift back to hybrid or temporary flexibility until prices stabilize. Forcing five days through this just doesn’t make sense. If they want pointless 5 days they should pay for our gas.

My commute to my assigned Oracle office is 81 miles each way. They are saying on the News now that the price of gas in California could climb to $15 a gallon due global politics and the largest oil refinery shutting down and leaving the state during the third quarter of this year.

2.5 to 3 hours commuting daily, gas through the roof, plus all the other office expenses. I feel like an id--t for doing this. If RTO actually made sense, maybe I'd feel less bitter. But it's pointless. Counter-productive even. All the corporate spin has been hollow. Showing up feels like getting played.

1. Folks will spend more time finding available seats
2. Will spend more time commuting during peak hours
3. Will log in less at home if 8 hours requirement is met for day.
4. People may work on different shifts like 6am-2pm vs 9-5 vs 10-6. It’s hard to schedule meeting across different time zones.
   What else?

Welp, there goes my raise. Gone before I even got one payment.

With tensions in the Middle East pushing oil prices up again, gas is likely heading higher. For those of us forced to commute five days a week, it’s money straight out of our pockets.

Do the math. A pretty normal commute is 25–50 miles each way, or 250–500 miles a week. In a typical car getting about 20 MPG, that’s roughly 13–25 gallons of gas every week just to show up and badge in.

If gas jumps from around $3 to $5 a gallon, that’s about $25–$50 more per week, or roughly $1,500–$3,000 per year in extra fuel alone.

And that’s before tolls, maintenance, wear on the car, or the second vehicle many families had to buy because five-day RTO made sharing impossible.

At the end of the day, five-day RTO isn’t just inconvenient. For a lot of people it’s effectively a pay cut for work we’ve already proven can be done from anywhere.

Big F-U to the “leadership”. I hate this place.

I can’t afford this job anymore. I can’t afford to lose 15 hours per week just to commute. I can’t afford a vehicle. Let alone paying maintenance upkeep on a used vehicle. Then toll fees. Forget it! Everything was fine and financially manageable prior to the RTO announcement.

One more thing I was given a 1.25% increase. I know I had to sit down and read it as well. It seems like nobody “earns” a raise. Regardless of your effort and experience, PNC will decide what it will give you and it is usually the bare minimum. Nonetheless the raise is just another reminder that I can’t afford this job.

Does taking meetings from the phone and using outlook on phone to check email count towards activity usage?

I do this frequently when commuting in the train and am wondering if this contributes towards activity usage?

Hired 2 years ago as full time employee remote. I am being required to RTO even though I was never in the office. I was hired as a remote employee. The nearest office is at least 80 minutes away at 4 A.M. on a Sunday morning. Easily 2+ hours each way during the work week. I can't afford the commute costs. I can't afford the approx 18+ hours per week just to commute. I give 45-50 hours of my time per week but only get paid for 40. Now I gotta devote upwards of 70 hours per week to this company (work + commute). Going into the office means I must change my work location for tax purposes so as my luck would have it I get sc--wed on that too. More taxes on the same work I've been doing for 2 years. I know I should only be working 40 hours but if I don't then the work starts to get backed-up. Our team could use more help. We are down 1 person since rto was announced. Cant imagine finding more help let alone even finding one individual after Pnc announced this terrible rto decision. What was wrong with the remote work? If it ain't broke don't fix it. It seems like the executives couldn't bear to witness remote work functioning so well that they needed to do something about it. and like many others have voiced if I were to go into the office 60% of my day would be on teams calls. My first 10 contacts I ask for help/collaborate with aren't even in my state.
Please someone make it make sense.

do we need to protest or unionize just to have a voice. this su-ks

Even the plumbing gods hate RTO. El Segundo office closed today due to no running water. Hopefully the rain expected this weekend will make for a nice long, slow repair process. Doubt it but it would be nice. Great to be to work without distractions and a pointless commute even if it’s only for a day or two.