Manager here — trying to sanity check something.
I haven’t been given any formal tools, dashboards, or defined thresholds for tracking RTO attendance on my team, but I’m hearing a lot of specifics (e.g., ~50% thresholds, rolling 2–3 month averages, automated notifications).
Are other managers actually seeing concrete metrics behind the scenes, or are these assumptions based on when HR flags something?
Trying to understand what’s real vs inferred.
@1be No.
@1da Its all about the power, importance and influence of your manager. If you are still mandated to be in 5 days, you know which kind of manager you have.
As far as I can tell not everyone is in all the time and some teams have unofficial days off. It’s unfair and there’s no standardization.
@1bd depends on the role too. Creatives should probably be in the office every day, no?
@1bc exactly what I was told. If you have to WFH, then take a PTO day. There seems to be no standard from team to team. It’s a free for all depending on who you report to. Drives me insane.
My team comes in 5 days a week, with flexibility for doctors appointments and such (the same flexibility we had back when the requirement was 3 days/week). However, I overheard someone at the NY office the other day complaining that they get zero flexibility at all. If they need to be away from the office, they have to use PTO.
They said they had spoken to 15 different teams in NY and not one of them comes in the office every day. Only her (plus my team, which is a different team).
@d8 buddy morale has been dead since 2023
@ce um HR checks everyone via badge swipes & logins...
I wonder who is the Rasputin whispering in DE's ear about the draconian RTO and tracking policies.
ugh. is the morale dead yet?
A lot better to fire someone for not showing up than laying people off. This good news for the actual adults who show up to work.
From what I know the reports on in-office attendance are being run on a quarterly basis and delivered only to EVP / department heads. I'm also a manager and I've just been keeping track on my own, mainly days where someone has been approved to WFH due to a family emergency, dr appt etc. so I can reference it later if it shows up on the report.
HR is tracking through the computer logins and badge swipes.