#office

dang everybody looking ashy today

Guess what, emails were out that employees who want to park at the office will start paying for parking, shortly after downgrading cubicle equipment to docks and monitors 10 years old.. that while Charlie gets his $40Million. Cheap tactics, did we hit the bottom of the barrel… well they will always find lower spots!

I just got assigned a new manager. He is based in a different location to me, as are almost all of the team. He only comes to my office once a month.

Me and one colleague are the only ones out of the 16 team members based in our location, and we both prefer to work from home, and perform much better. This new manager being in a different location seems like a great opportunity... Can I just lie about being in the office? Can he track key card swipes, or WiFi logins to see how many days per week I go in?

I know this info is logged, but does direct managers have access to that information? I'm wondering if maybe some gdpr data protection would prohibit them from being able to casually keep track of office attendance?

Are my dreams doomed?

You can’t “create culture” in a building no one wants to be in. You can’t force innovation with badge scans. You can’t build the future of work by dragging people backward into an office they explicitly said they don’t want.

The survey feedback was not complicated. It wasn’t “please give us a shinier office.” It wasn’t “add more collaboration pods.” It wasn’t “install more cold brew taps.” The message was simple, we want flexibility. We don’t want five days in an office. We don’t want forced presence. We don’t want performative collaboration.

Instead of listening, leadership built a monument to denial. A new office filled with aesthetic distractions and useless junk doesn’t solve the actual problem. It just proves the feedback was either ignored or rewritten to fit a predetermined decision.

You can’t gaslight thousands of employees into believing they asked for this. Culture isn’t furniture. It isn’t square footage. It isn’t proximity. It’s trust. And when you ignore the one thing people clearly said they wanted, you don’t build culture — you burn it down.

You can’t build the future in an office your workforce is actively trying to escape.

We've been stuck in the HOU150 garage for 45+ minutes. That me and about 100 other cars. Just trying to leave. Unbelievable.
Force everyone into a needlessly remodelled office with open-plan seating that strips away dignity and privacy—then schedule repairs on the elevators, escalators, and garage all at once, grinding facility throughput to a halt.
What are we doing? Why does everything have to be this hard? Why are we doing this to ourselves?

Anyone notice how they never showed the places where you’ll actually work? Probably because it will be the same old open plan warehousing with no assigned seats where you’ll have to battle background noise while you try to do focused work.

And remember, all the fancy stuff is about one thing: making your life revolve around AT&T and Stankeytown as much as possible. Same playbook as Google, Apple etc just 30 years later.

Take down the Windstream sign on the daniels building in Greenville. Does anybody go in that office anymore?

Looks like AZ, NJ are now changing to 2 days per week. SL is a mess and is very difficult to find a seat. If mgmt. is reading this, hope this changes to 2 days.

T minus 41 days, then it’s 4 days a week and 8 hours a day in the office, no ifs, ands, or buts. The directive from above is that WF offers a very generous PTO policy. In Risk, if SM gets her way, 4 hours of PTO will only be considered as 4 hours worked in the office. I’m still hopeful that 4 hours of PTO will be recognized as a full day in the office. I plan to use 4 hours on Mondays and Fridays throughout the summer, every week in July and August.

Trying to concentrate in that environment is impossible. People talking, interrupting, moving things around... I got more done in a quiet hour at home than I do in a full day at the office. To say my productivity has plummeted would be an understatement. This RTO experiment is failing.

How long does one need to be in the office for it to count as a “day in office”?

I’m not talking hours. I’m talking actual days. My LOB mandates 3 days per week and today is day 4 - I’m trying to get ahead.

Would me showing up at the office for 3 hours on a Friday show today as a “day in office” ?

should be the theme from Jaws. There will be no delay approving or problem with the cost of the licensing fee.

Wow if you search Corporate Risk In-Office FAQs in teamworks, they are posted - right down to guidelines on how long to stay in focus rooms.

Do you all come in five days a week? No hybrid at all?

What do folks know?

Do not access this website while connected to the guest WiFi in the office! They’ve begun to track usage back to your phone’s IP address.

Mark my word

What are we going to do with floor 47?

Anyone know anything? noticed it in B1 today…

Factoring in vacation, sick days, holidays....how many days do people actually need to reach before getting flagged for not complying? I'm aware that eleven days equals 100 percent.

always a cheerful moment - meanwhile Chas is speaking only a short distance away.

How flexible/hard honestly would it be to ask for 2 days in office vs 4. LM site.. the drive on I4 is getting brutal.

Does anybody knows what is going on there? They fired the main guy (which is good :D) he was a je-k and bunch of people. My understanding would be from my friends that company there is in chaos, a lot of people planning to leave. (a lot of people left cuz of the bad local management) Anybody has inside info what is going to happen wh-t the office?

I came across this article recently that Microsoft Teams will soon be able to track worker locations by their phone if it is installed. The new feature was due to be released in January but was delayed to this March.

I thought the timing was interesting since we were originally due back in the office 4 days a week in January but it was pushed back to March. Could be a coincidence but I wanted to share this so people aren't surprised when MS Teams begins to share your location 24/7 with WFC.

https://cybernews.com/tech/microsoft-teams-employee-tracking-feature-delay-managers-look-forward/

Where and when will these new offices open that they mention on the RTO email ?

Kinda hard to imagine they will spend money on opening offices in the US

I’ve noticed OKC management are going to different roles. Is the OKC office closing? What is going on?

I look forward to being forced to discuss the Superbowl over 1,000 times tomorrow on EVERY call and in every breakroom. It will be a great way to bond teammates. Especially the halftime discussion (which was great, btw!) Now, time to get some rest...Gotta make that hour long drive to the office in the morning.

How much did we pay for the land where we said we would build a Carlsbad office and never have? The other operators accepted it for free but we paid for it because we didn’t want to agree to providing a certain number of jobs in Carlsbad. Funny to see the guy who made that decision promoted.

Previous post about RTO is gone. Is anyone hearing anything?

So you're mandated to go into the office and you don't have assigned seats? I saw someone say they have to go in before 7am in order to get a seat? Diabolical.

Is it true that we’re going to be required to wear suits and ties? I noticed this week that there were a lot more people wearing suits this week.

Anyone? Since I have to come in everyday and no one sits in my corner except me (why am I here) at a min having them come by was like ok…. Guess I’m at least here to receive that 😐😂

Has anyone at 1515 noticed the VergeSense occupancy sensors? They are on the floor in corners and look unassuming like a Wi-Fi router but are indeed monitors. Completely ludicrous (in the dictionary definition of the word). Hope the job market picks up soon.

https://www.vergesense.com/

Please be aware that Wells Fargo is reviewing employment records in the background to ensure that no employees or contractors are working multiple jobs in violation of company policy.

The HR department has already initiated the background‑check process and is expected to take action soon

Been with the company for one year and only had one. Whats the point of going to the office?

We know that leaders are tracking our attendance, and supervisors can see when their direct report is not in the office (no badge registered for the day) on mandatory office days. Does anyone know if supervisors are able to see what time their direct report badge in and out of the building?

Is this a ploy to encourage people to quit? Where are we supposed to sit when we badge in a building but not at our center of gravity?

Been a madhouse in the building I'm in since yesterday with these cube claims.

How can this position be labeled hybrid if we’re required to be in the office five days a week? Isn’t that misleading and discriminatory? I’m really frustrated that this exists in our company.

"This position is hybrid, and you may be expected to go into Bratislava office 2+ days per week."
https://www.att.jobs/job/bratislava/senior-data-analyst/117/91130241424

Last week’s snow related remote work has shown what flexibility actually delivers. Without long commutes and constant office disruption, productivity increases, work gets completed faster, and people are willing to put in more time because they have the capacity to do so. That does not happen under a rigid five day office mandate.

Five days in the office adds cost and friction without measurable gains. Real collaboration can happen in two to three days when needed, which is already the market standard. For distributed teams, forced presence changes nothing except morale.

Talent has already responded. High performers with options have left. Those who remain are disengaging. The employee survey made this clear.

As a communications company, forcing presence while selling “work from anywhere” is a strategic contradiction. Remote work for office roles is inevitable. The only question is whether we lead or fall behind.

So i told my manager I went home because there was no place to sit. The answer is to look at different days where not as many people are there. So we are supposed to go in to the office to collaborate with people but we are supposed to pick days when people aren’t there. Make it make sense.