Got flagged for occasional coffee badging. They must be monitoring the cameras. Any others?
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@jq well of course managers have to comply with office policy. Why wouldn't they
@jq Carve out? You mean divesture I suppose. If so it's likely 10% will be part of the BU sales so that leaves around 5-10% max to be affected by actual wfr
Can confirm that company is actively monitoring office attendance and employees who are not complying with what is now policy will be terminated. Also, outside of sales-coded roles, there will be NO hiring for virtual employees. Waterloo is the primary favored location due, in part, to a lower salary range for Canada and the fact no health care contribution is required. In short, Canadian employees cost less.
Company IS eliminating 15-20 percent of the current workforce through WFRs, carve outs, performance and violation of policy.
Watch your back. Managers and leaders also work from company sites as they are also required to adhere to office policy outside of sales and yes, they will report you if they see coffee badging.
i know the team who runs reports for HR. A suggestion honestly, DO NOT do coffee badging again… HR knows
@dj
'use ai/automation to make up for the people we laid off. Connect on your breaks'
proceeds to get PIP'd because I'm in meetings all week telling everyone else how to do their jobs, why things are broken, and do not have time for anything else.
Get ready IBM is famous for its strict badge tracking and "move or leave" mandates
There is a massive irony in the fact that the company is pushing for "no human interaction" for its renewals and support (using AI bots) while simultaneously demanding that its "worker bees" interact in person.
@b6 my office had that too.
I work with a lot of older people and they just kept it open. All the time. Combine that with a bunch more extra scans from RTO and uh couple months later we were back to free door (unless there were guests that warranted it being closed.)
That was not the only scan related change we got, but the other one is probably a security concern if discussed.
Someone got fired last week for coffee badging in Canada
@b6 Webroot is all about security, right?
@b4 My loc requires badging out, or you lose access. Also as an added benefit, you get to badge in/out to get to the restrooms. Not invasive at all. Perfectly normal for a civilized, respectful society.
We're living in the best of all possible worlds...
Read the RTO policy. They track network sign ons and activity. They know whether you’re on remote on VPN or on an office network. If you badge in but then never connect to the office LAN or connect for only a short while, it paints a picture.
@b2 hey genius, no one has to badge out. They can't lock you in. Pipe down a bit.
Someone ratted you out
There is no way they employee enough corporate goons to sit around watching cameras to see when people come and go. Surely...
@op Where are you located?
Had to google this term! I do it once or twice a week since we went back to 4x. Plan to continue until I get called out.
I feel least productive in an office especially if I need to do focused work.
Am in Canada if that matters.
What is “occasional coffee badging”? I don’t want to be hit next.