That’s pretty much it. What a joke.
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Why is noone mentioning that this is unconstitutional
Dont forget we cant afford trashcans in cubes anymore!
I refuse to sit through any meeting over one hour. Problem solved.
If you want this to change it will have to start costing them real money. My suggestion - as soon as an ergo pain crops up, report it and then go to your doctor and file for Workers Comp. When they start having to pay for carpal tunnel surgery, physical therapy and rehab we will revert to assigned seating and a renewed ergo program.
Give up my space and miss out on valuable collaboration opportunities after the meeting?
Nope. Not gonna happen.
Find another way to make it work for you.
“It only takes 1-2 minutes to set up your desk.” Yeah lol sure obviously you have a dedicated desk.
FORCED ATTRITION SO NO SEVERANCE
They can't even keep there bullsh-t straight
This. It’s laughable.
I’ve never witnessed that many clapping reaction emojis in a meeting before. If this comes as a surprise to leadership then your people are too afraid to share how people really feel.
This is a giant productivity ki-ler. For 8am meetings skip the OE moments and leave that time for people to find a spot to work from. Also don’t forget that TXDOT is about to rip up some major infrastructure that will make things even more challenging.
@a8 managers are the ones that are not at their desks for more than 1 hour so managers will be getting bumped out of work spaces. Haha
@ae they cannot maximize our productivity when we are sitting in a collaborative workspace.
@a7 they didn’t think through that statement well. We can collaborate using Teams when we are using our desks from home.
@a7 Lol, I thought that was a funny comment by old L3s. Saying he "can collaborate with someone halfway around the world in 4 minutes." Okay L3s old buddy, if that's what's expected, then why the fk are you making people move to Houston or come to the office 4 days a week?
You say you want us in the office to collaborate, I don't disagree, but then you say we don't have to sit near our team. I'm so confused.
You talked about of both sides of your face today, be careful, MW is watchin!!
I like a fa-t joke as much as the next guy but forced attrition is illegal
Look the meeting is just a smoke show, there was never any chance of them really listening to any feedback.
Its purely mandates from above:
Reduce real estate costs, while making sure we use what we own.
Reduce head count in the US via attrition, nowhere else in the business has 4 days in office, just the US, because they want 5-10% attrition this year, they've stated it!
They can't even keep there bullsh-t straight, we need to be in person to collaborate, by playing where's Waldo with your coworkers that are either someone in the building or across the world. And no matter what you'll be on Teams.
I have a solution to secure your very own private office. Beans. Lots of ‘em. When you start to stink up the place, claim a medical issue (medication side effect usually is believable). Pretty soon BRES might even give you your whole floor. He-l, they’ll ask you to WFH. 😂💨💨💨
Yes, farts ARE funny
BTW - how often are normal people in meetings that last more than 2 hours? The utilization metrics and whatever else they used to justify this must be completely made up
Best quotes:
“This is what Exxon, Shell, and BP do”
“We spend millions per year on great collaboration tools like Teams, so we need everyone in the office in order to get value from collaborating.”
I have an alternate approach. Its called they can su-k it
They’ll never say this, but this is about forcing attrition.