#policy

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per tech a day per tech how is that saving company money and liability.
There are rules to follow when joining home dispatch program. Following the rules helps save gas and time and wear and tear on a vehicle used to drive to work and to home. But MSTs abuse this program from driving to the garage every day and dispatching at the garage. Making a stop at the grocery store to grocery shop in the company vehicle before driving home. Not closing your last job at the job site and instead, drive home and being still dispatched on your work ticket and then closing the job when you arrive home. I follow the rules, and I do not want the home dispatch program to go away because of MSTs taking advantage of the abuse. Also, MST managers are favoring many MSTs and letting the home dispatch MSTs do what ever they want. STOP ABUSING THE HOME DISPATCH PROGRAM YOU MSTs. You know who you are...

Curious what people’s opinions are with the new 4 day mandatory in office policy update. I get that it makes sense since it’s an office supplies company but there are plenty of teams that don’t even do 3 days now. Is this a ploy to avoid layoffs in hopes that enough employees quit to make up the deficit?

I was wondering if anyone who joined Oracle before 2018 and were on the accrued vacation hours system before the switch to Flex PTO, is aware that Oracle deducts accrued vacation hours each year during the company-wide Winter Break.

What this means is over time, any vacation hours saved up before 2018 would eventually go down to zero — and employees leaving the company now wouldn’t receive a payout for those previously accrued hours.

For those who joined after 2018, their Winter Breaks are fully covered without any deduction (because there's nothing to deduct). I’m curious if others have noticed the same.

If you were one of the people that did download the list, I received an email from Cybersecurity letting me know I broke policy by accessing sensitive information. They only asked to respond back to confirm any copies have been deleted, and if you distributed the list, to let them know where you shared it. My director was CCd on the email, but they didn’t think it was a big deal and moved on. There will only be action taken if you don’t respond to the email.

The combination of strict 4+ Day return to office AND hotel desking is the double whammy of bad news. Think one or both could die off down the road? A lot of companies are doing 3 days with assigned desks, which I feel is far more reasonable. Hate to think this is the new normal indefinitely…

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Hope this helps someone.

I live close to the office, no-one in my team is at the office and I find the noise of other people on calls distracting. I've been coffee badging for a few years now, it's worked out great, not showing up on reports.

The new 8 hours in the office mandate has me wondering if I can swipe and connect to the network twice on "in office" days, 8 hours apart and stay off the reporting? Has anyone done this successfully?

I know the policy, not looking for people to remind me of what I'm supposed to do...

Please?

What do you think about the new PTO policy. 80 hours of protected PTO for sick time, the remainder for personal time off. The total PTO remains the same. Effectively reducing personal time off to as little as zero or 40 hours (5 days) for newer hires.

Anyone know how long the lease is on the NYC campus? Just wondering how long the talent out there needs to keep commuting in, so many have expressed displeasure regarding the onsite requirements.

I remember being told prior to 5/1 that boxes would be sent to our laptops. I haven't received anything. I'm considering selling it. Who has sent a laptop back or can it be sold?

Yesterday I got called out for not working long enough at my assigned location by someone else who works there. They emailed my boss and told her that I am not respecting the "full intent" of the "How We Work" policy. Apparently I leave too soon after I arrive. WTF? Now we have the internal police force looking over our shoulders and counting the minutes we are warming a chair?

So I received an email that we are being sent employee badges soon. I have been work from home since Covid and haven't had an employee badge or reason to use one since then. No announcements about RTO either.

Cigna's Express Scripts set to shift away from PBM rebates https://share.google/8ogUab3CaPoKA38XB

The Group Chapter Leads (GCL) role is proving to be counterproductive in our tech structure. Many GCLs, often promoted from non-engineering backgrounds like production support or testing, lack the essential experience in software architecture and delivery needed to lead technical teams effectively.

Instead of providing value, the role primarily adds bureaucracy. We should consider eliminating this redundant layer and consolidating its responsibilities under the Group Squad Leads (GSLs), who are better positioned to manage teams. Even Scrum Masters currently contribute more to team velocity and project success than GCLs do

Why are there Lead Directors and Senior Managers that have no one under them in their org chart? If you’re neither “directing” someone or “managing” someone, it actually makes no sense—per the definition of those words—to have that title.

Can my supervisor move my weekly meetings to bi-weekly while being on PIP?

not asking if you can share it here, just point me to where i can find it internally?

Some of y’all are really playing with fire. Sometimes silence is golden, quite a few people have posted themselves out of a job today, don’t become one of them.

So folks can retire earlier without taking such a reduction. Please make it years of service plus age = a magic number for full retirement pay. This would be the best way to get those higher salaries off the books.

9 more WFH days left

ENJOY

I’m thinking about requesting it in the near future to take care of my family. Would it be possible to request it for a period of around 6–12 months? Is there any risk that I wouldn’t be allowed to return afterward? Has anyone, or one of your colleagues, taken it before and returned successfully?

Heard several say 4 hrs PTO don't count as day in, but I've also heard from others it does. In the same umbrella! Is it truly mgr discretion? Mgr site says it counts. Wondering what others think or have been told Btw.. no problem going into office

I just saw this on a BSL community within Viva Engage posted on 10/23:

Mandate Zip Code Questions:
• The 30-minute commute time that determines RTO eligibility was developed using peak commute time hours/days of the week by zip code.
• Currently, RTO is only impacting the audiences below in the Twin Cities and
Washington DC:
• All hybrid employees assigned to EPC (Eden Prairie Campus), HCL (Health Care
Lane) and DC (655 New York Ave)
• All telecommuters within a 30-minute commute time of EPC/HCL/DC
• Future RTO waves or mandates (other cities or populations) are still under review at this time.
• If you were not on the distribution list for RTO and did not receive a communication, then you are exempt from RTO at this time. If you are confused about whether you are impacted, please reach out to your manager.

Anyone have any information if TR is going to start requiring a certain number of hours in the office for the required 3 TRO days next year?

Also, where is MAV? Haven't heard anything from her in a long time. All her implemented flexibility is being reversed now.

After years of frustration, lost talent, and wasted time, leadership finally made the right move. We’re going back to a results-driven model that values performance over presence. No more pointless commutes, no more fighting for seats, no more pretending collaboration happens just because people share a building.

This is what real leadership looks like. Listening, adapting, and trusting the workforce that actually makes this company run. Thousands of us have proven that remote and hybrid work deliver results, save money, and boost morale. The future of work is flexibility, and it’s about time we caught up.

Huge relief and long overdue. Hoping others receive similar notice soon.

How are they going to say if you get 5 points your terminated but I'm literally working with an associate in hms that has 11 points smhhhhh.

the discussion has really ramped up… Iowa managers reporting they now see who isn’t in office 8 hours. SDI San Fran based employees saying there’s an 8 hour in office mandate… but my line of business has just heard its managers digression. Can any managers weigh in?

Is there any chance they'll give us less than 2 weeks per year of service?

Curious. Is there a time limit trip wire when you badge out to leave that is on a report. Say I badge in then leave 3-4 hours later. Do I come up in a report because I didn’t stay all work day?

I understand we should not have personal documents on work laptop but if you have them, how are you transferring them? Is email the best way to go

I don't understand if this is a good change, or bad.

My understanding: We will get 7 days for PTO in event of illness and the STD starts on Day 8. That is 26 weeks. Then no unpaid extended leave, correct?

What would be the underlying cause of such changes?

NY Roundel team members were just told that they have to start going into the office three days a week in New York. Do we think a total return to office is on the rise for all team members ?

The Trump Tax bill -

What things are (truly) about.

Should (never) have been passed.

Which provided $600.0+ Billion in Tax savings to the wealthy over a 10-year period.

The (Interest alone) paid on the $38.0+ Trillion (and rising) U.S. National debt by U.S. taxpayers is (currently) $963.0 Billion a year (almost a Trillion a year).

The Trump Tax bill (alone) will increase the U.S. National debt by (another) $3.74 Trillion (minimum) over a 10-year period.

While taking away Medicare subsidies from the lower income, and the poor; who (actually) need them to help with healthcare costs.

While taking away Medicare subsidies from rural hospitals that (actually) need them to stay in operation for their respective communities.

There is (no) negotiating.

The Medicare subsidies (need) to be restored, or the U.S. government remains shutdown until the Trump party agrees.

I heard yesterday from a colleague that every January your reliability automatically resets to 100 percent. Is that true?

What's the rule???????

Anyone knows if we have any docs that govern layoffs? A policy or procedure doc? Guideliness? Somewhere? Something that outlines the rules (e.g., severance policy, cobra, placement help, resume building help, etc.) Do you maybe know where I can find the darn thing as internal searches are not returning anything. Copilot crashed when I asked even though I know I should not search for it as they are probably monitoring it.

Any tips would help.