Just got word from my manager. Ekene is going to start tracking us on days we are in office. One of the things I enjoyed about WF was the flexibility. I went my 3 days, sometimes I went 4, sometimes 5 depending on what was going on. Sometimes 8 hrs, sometimes less. Sometimes I'd take a long lunch, sometimes I wouldn't eat lunch. I got my work done and didn't have to be treated like a child.
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If you are really worried then we know who the slackers are. Those worried are the ones that should be monitored 🤷🏻♂️
Can anyone confirm how this can be for exempt employees? Is the 2 hour flexing option gone now? If it’s based on hours connected to network and we have a reboot for updates then we are offline. I don’t want to have to worry about counting seconds to make sure I hit 8 hours everyday. Part of being salaried means I can leave 30 mins early one day and work extra the next on a WFH day. Also the write ups in workday for non compliance with not formal communication sent out on expectations is crazy. Our whole area is seeing everyone get their hand slapped for not being compliant with 8 hours each day of in office.
@j9 I was 100% telecommute from 2017, well before the pandemic, as was my entire team. To say WF has backslid is an understatement
Well October will get the attention of those left.
Before COVID? 100% remote. And yes, HY should "get over it".
OP can obediently sit for 8 hours and I’ll keep coffee badging.
@OP What did you do before the pandemic? Get over it.
It not making sense and frustrating people is a feature, not a bug. Kind of like when they made unvaccinated people come to work and be tested every day. You had to stay after the test, so it served no functional purpose, it was just there to torment people. Same thing here. They hate us and want us gone. All of us. As cheaply as possible.
You want Wells Fargo to expect employees to be self motivated and take pride in their work? How dare you.
RTO has nothing to do with work. It's a resignation motivation / severance savings program and NOTHING else. It has massively tanked both morale and production and costs look like an Al Gore hockey stick graph. Buildings are a complete waste of money and unsustainable in the future. It's a joke. FE / FHY.
How would they even track it? My job requires me to be a different locations on different days. I don’t bring my laptop, I work from workplace hubs for my BYOD. I also meet with people in person. For example I had a two hour walk-through today. How’s that track? It’s ridiculous. No way this stands. I’m salaried.
Most real jobs are 8-12 hrs.
Most real jobs do not allow 4 hr breaks.
You realize return to work is to see who wants to work and stay working.
Young people will gladly take these positions and show up, every single day.
Saw the reports yesterday, they're also tracking desktop-level metrics, i.e. clicks and Apps used and sites visited, to start firing people for lack of productivity.
I've been one of the biggest skeptics on this uber-Big-Brother routine, but saw the output myself.
How can they require x many hours in office (my group was told 8) when we are exempt? Is that even legal?
Interesting to see salaried employees being manged like hourly workers. I hope Wells is comfortable with where this all could go in the courts Or with organizing. You'd think they had enough labor troubles already. Overtime anyone?
I go for my 15 min of fame and will continue to do so.
@bc yep, when Ekene came on board, he was pi---d to hear so many people trying to cheat the system. So, now we all suffer. The good news is that tracking hours isn't widespread just yet. However, the 4 days is going to be widespread.
You can blame the coffee badging peeps.
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