As far as I am concerned, their behavior constituted belligerent fraud.
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Policy for Workstation Adherence and Continuous Presence
Purpose: To ensure mandatory continuous seated presence during assigned work periods and to maintain operational accountability for time utilization.
- Workstation Presence Monitoring
All assigned seating is equipped with a Certified Occupancy Sensor integrated directly with the employee's designated laptop. A Presence Timer visible on the desktop will track and display continuous seated duration. This timer must reach the "Work Cycle Complete" status (Green) before a departure is authorized. - Disciplinary Protocol (Demerits)
Any departure before the "Work Cycle Complete" status is reached will automatically register a Demerit on the employee's accountability report.
Excessive Demerits (defined as three or more in a 30-day period) will escalate the employee to the Mandatory Adherence Tier. - Mandatory Adherence Tier and Workstation Seatbelt Installation
Employees placed in the Mandatory Adherence Tier must formally agree to the installation of a Workstation Adherence Restraint System (Seatbelt) on their assigned chair.
The restraint system will be electronically configured to remain locked during all standard work periods.
Authorized Release will only occur during assigned scheduled breaks, emergency, lunch periods, and one (1) pre-approved, ad hoc restroom break per half-day shift.
Failure to consent to the terms of the Mandatory Adherence Tier and the installation of the restraint system will be considered a refusal to comply with core operational policy and will result in immediate termination of employment.
@jz Furthermore, I'm not sure how these slackers are going to be supervised when 9 times out of 10 their manager is in another state, or even country.
@OP - Fraud? How so? If someone is doing their work and completing their assignments where's the fraud? Are we committing fraud by doing our work somewhere other than the chair WF says we have to sit in? Are the chairs at our assigned WF location magic or something? What if we work from a non-assigned office? Is that fraud too?
How about WF leadership committing fraud against us by taking away remote work from people who joined the firm and had that written into their hire contract? What about all the people who had signed work from home agreements that WF says are no longer valid?
And for those who think that coming into an office makes the non-productive people more productive, think again. The number of people I see scrolling away on their phones all day is insane. The people who aren't going to do any work will continue to not do work regardless of whether they're in an office or at home. But maybe OP needs to have someone supervising them in order to be accountable and do work so they think it's the same for everyone else.
What's funny about this thread is that no one is mentioning that the office experience is demonstrably worse when people AREN'T coffee badging. Crowded, loud, annoying, but we're supposed to hate people that don't want to do that. Dog won't hunt, bro. Put yourself in a PIP.
Have you tried looking the word up before you accuse someone of 'inventing words'? Apparently not. Oxford says it's a word, so, get with the times. It's not a recent concept.
@op I say the same thing. But they havent busted me yet. Still waiting and still cofeeing.
I miss coffee badging
@d2 OP said "belligerent fraud" - has nothing to do with "acting" belligerently. Belligerent is being used as an adjective here.
@OP
Yeah, because in all my years badging into buildings, I have seen tons of folks acting belligerently. Litterally, tons!
Stop it with your fake outrage, ok?
@b6
WTF is a "Corporatist"?
Please don't invent words. We have enough of those.
Of course its fraud and they should have been fired the moment it was discovered. Not coddled for months or years. Thats led this mentally ill group of do nothings to think they are now entitled to "work" from home forever even though they are typically the least productive people in the organization. You want to talk about what hurts morale? Take a look at people who have to come in to work and been there all day as expected the last couple years while their coffee badging coworkers rarely came in and nothing happened to them. Sounds like the company is finally acting the way they should have over a year ago.
In-office 'work' hasn't been relevant for at least a decade. The problem is that a lot of hack corporatists are resistant to change and insist that we stay in the 90s.
At Wells, performance review is based on how many Indian sticks and donuts you lick.
Individual performance should be discussed directly between the employee and their manager. There’s no reason to harass everyone over a few cases of absenteeism. Also for most of us, performance isn’t measured by time spent in the office or the number of keystrokes, but by the quality and outcomes of our work. if the managers can't manage - it is their problem. They should figure out how to assess performance of individual contributors who work for them. if they can;t - they should not be managing them.
@a7 especially this year. Bucky is horrible
I am doing my part. I extended my hour in office to two, which is usually between 10 am and noon. I can't go in earlier, because I have to walk to my computer the moment I wake up to be able to take calls with Indians for several hours. Once that nonsense is done, then I can actually make the commute to the office.
I ain't staying past lunch, because I have to be home in time to tend to my afternoon side-hustle, else risk leaving essential income on the table that our family relies on. This is because Wells Fargo pay raises haven't even kept up with the pace of inflation since I started in 2017. Then, by around 5 the kids are bouncing off the walls and I'm thinking about dinner. At around 8, if we're lucky, the kids are in bed and that leaves me about 2 hours to decompress with some Hannity.
@ab Blindly following mandates doesn’t all of the sudden make you a high-performing employee. If you are better by being in the office, then go for it. I complied to the 3/2 in full, but am in favor of being in-person when it counts and having the ability to know what works best for you to complete the work. I believe that managers should be able to assess and make calls that the executives have taken from them.
No PIP, just walk them out. This was not a mistake, error, or due to confusion. It was intentional and should be enough to end their employment and save the people from layoff who did the right thing.
@a4 Do you know whether or not "coffee badgers" aren't still working 12 hours days from home
All management that cuts rather than innovates should be shown the door. All staff that think hours in office = hours being productive need to be replaced with AI tools.
Agree. Sc-mbags. Especially the ones in Des Moines.
No one can defend the Wisconsin Badgers.
If deliverables were met, then absolutely not. A butt in an unassigned chair has nothing to do with completing performance objectives.
@a3 so, you defend the coffee badgers?
@OP
Are you purposely trying to be called out as a mo--n?