I work in credit fraud and recently there were recent layoffs of remote employees who were amazing people to work with back on March 20. There are still some remote employees left that live about 1 to 3 hours from the office. They now want people to go in 60% of the month and I’m a remote employee that’s still standing and I am always left wondering am I next. This whole RTO has been a mess and it’s just getting worse. They even told me I should try to get into the office. No way I’m going to do that long commute with the high gas prices and I was hired as remote. With all this lay off talk I am getting to a point where I just feel they should just lay me off. My whole department struggles with low morale and if you ask a question or want help on something you get an attitude from management saying you are an advanced case processor, you should know how to do that. There is a lack of support for one another, just a negative attitude. I just keep my head down and quietly do my work. Anybody else feel like this? Always wondering if you are next? And your department struggling with low morale?
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Apparently over 20 people don't know what "sit and spin" means. Hint: it's the same as saying FU to that nasty little troll who posted as @aa. So it should have been massively upvoted, not downvoted.
I've been here almost 20 years... I've never seen morale as low as it currently is.
Unfortunately the culture in that department has always been bad. I'm sorry OP. Polish your resume and work on your network. If you get laid off in this market your network is what will help you land another job.
@aa sit and spin, fool
@aa Well you cared enough to comment
Cry me a river.
@aa RUDE!
@OP No one cares, get into the office or quit.
@a2 Agreed. My productivity has plummeted roughly 60%. I get slightly less than half done on a week-to-week basis than I used to do.
It's so demoralizing watching them focus so much effort on everything that doesn't matter and meanwhile the work just sits there not getting done.
RTO being a mess is an understatement. I'm actually more productive at home, with four screens running instead of two at the office. They don't care about that though. They want as--s in chairs and for us to get so fed up that we quit on our own. Stay strong, and I can only hope that things get better. Highly doubtful tho.
Plus I should mention that they are just hiring a bunch of people in India in my department. It’s becoming more and more of them and my department manager said these people make around $11 an hour which is half of what a stateside employee would make