Nobody can seriously believe that. The vast majority of employees, whether in the office or remote, have worked hard and responsibly, and that’s easy to prove. RTO was introduced for real estate utilization, control, and, most of all, as an attrition tactic. There are already studies showing it was designed to make people quit, a free way to reduce headcount. Even some managers and leaders have admitted as much during research. So don’t blame your coworkers, blame the ones making these decisions for the wrong reasons.
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Shart certainly hates remotes, but he's also a self serving little pr--k and has a remote assistant that's in zero danger of a layoff.
@OP overheard a conversation I wasn't supposed to hear today. Cutting 17k is the projected goal.
I leave to do the bulk of my work on my two remote days. Cant get anything done in the office. Too much noise, distractions and the commute.
Reducing headcount is the easiest way for management to reduce expenses following an event like the Wuhan Flu. It was sad then and still is now.
Hello team! Corporate risker here. How are you all doing today?
@eh wf always had a remote culture. Certain functions yes were full time rto, but many were remote or hybrid since before Charlie’s reign.
It is a symptom of weak management desperate to justify their existence.
WF was always going to transition back to full-time in-office requirements. The CEO hates remote workers. He tried to do away with WFH when he was at his previous firm. They were trying to track badge in/out metrics pre-COVID, but the reporting was wildly inaccurate and could not be used for anything fruitful. Then COVID hit and there was no choice for the C-suite but to allow everyone to work remotely. Now, they have access to all sorts of fun AI tools that they wish to deploy against their employees to ensure they are squeezing every penny from their human capital. The “blame the coffee badgers” rhetoric is a very simple and convenient scapegoat for them to leverage to take the heat off of themselves. Classic tyrant move. Don’t fall for it. Don’t point fingers at colleagues because of the actions of the tyrants- that’s what they want you to do.
There was never any corporate hr standard, some LOB's had 4, some had 6. Many managers and even directors absolutely said "i dont care what you do, get your work done and dont show up on the report". Maybe that shouldn't have been the case, but they never clearly defined the policy before.
It is odd they felt they had clarify the wfh days too, not sure how people.were just getting away with not logging on.
But one thing is for sure. If they are tracking it would be nice to know what metrics count. And what exceptions there are for appointments or things that pre-covid, would have been a finish up the day at home day without an issue.
That's what the liars are telling us, but they are liars. It's all about driving attrition. Nothing else.
It's absolutely hilarious to me that some people will still claim RTO is about productivity when we've had rolling layoffs the entire time the C-suite's been pushing RTO. He-l they even tied layoffs explicitly to location strategy and people still bootlick rather than accepting reality.
Since Trump was re-elected I've stopped being surprised at how bottomless the average American's stupidity is, but I really wonder how some of you all remember to put on pants in the morning
Don't co-mingle the original RTO with the recent imposition of the 8 hour minimum day. Yes we were asked to RTo 3 days a week for real estate and others reasons. But the id--ts that came in and coffee badged or left after 2 hours directly caused this recent change.
@b8 tf???
For the record, the statistics proved that the bank's workforce was measurably MORE EFFECTIVE during WFH requirements during Covid. How do you think that all the work got done that made it possible for the OCC to close the Consent Orders against WF that have been closed this year? and now, all leadership cares about is finding ways to punish the employees to the point where they quit.
Don't forget Chainsaw Charlie got on a national interview and bragged about setting aside $1Billion dollars to get rid of people!
RTO can be debatable, but the 8 hours thing is definitely because people were coming in less than 4 hours if not 2 min. That just pi---d them off so now they want to lay down the hammer.
WFH worriers ruined it for most with their new pools and golf clubs memberships. While many of us worked hard they took Covid home officing like a vacation and never wanted to come back while getting paid. No daycare, and new yoga memberships and a new Pelteton. Life was happy and renovations were done everywhere. The chickens have come home to roost. Bad investments and back to work
Yeah its amazing people parrot this stuff for management. It causes people to not be alarmed when half their co workers are let go, including the manager. "They did it to themselves by not being in the office 8 hrs."
Yeah, BS. You can slackoff in the office just much as out of the office. Any productivity issues are management's poor performace. Just sayin...
Yep. The fact that they are supposedly starting this tracking and then going to be alerting and overuling managers who had allowed flexibility tells you all you need to know. It's a major infringement on managers ability run their teams as they see fit, what individual actually roles require, and how people are actually performing.
Those that slacked off probably were employees that we're not WFH employees prior to COVID.
Those people had to have a proven ability to manage their workload and history of high productivity. Also had to be approved by upper management.
COVED sc--wed up a good thing for responsible employees that deserved to WFH.
Yep, nailed it.