I heard a rumor that sometime next year USB will begin telling remote employees to move to a hub or they will be considered voluntarily quitting - so no severance. Don’t think this could realisticall happen all at once so I imagine it would be phased. Anyone know if this is true? I’m in a weird situation where my entire family works remotely for USB. They closed our hub so this would be devastating.
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@fn Hundred percent! Being remote is a huge advantage to run out the clock and let them fire you. With minimal awkwardness and zero in-person interactions the WFH employee has the upper hand which helps with mindset transition and job search.
The worst they can do is fire you is fire you for not complying with RTO if called to work in a hub as a remote employee. In that case, you get unemployment. Why make things easy for them? In the mean time, stack your coins, update your resume, and apply for jobs externally.
Will never voluntarily quit if given ultimatum to move on my own dime of quit. Fire me and then 6 months unemployment!
Remote employee here living 30+ miles outside the Twin Cities hub. Where do you people hear this cr-p, or do you simply enjoy gaslighting folks?!
@c5 I agree. 2026 is probably a push to reduce with the single geo code and comp adjustments. 2027 might be next step to squeeze out non-essential remote.
Keep in mind however that some roles will continue to be necessary for remote work. We won’t see every remote role eliminated. What’s happening now is the fallout from over half the company ending up remote due to the pandemic.
The more likely play is, and to what otehrs have said, remote people will be locked into 1 grade band, "C", and that means if you are D, E, F, you will probably never see a real raise for many years. Maybe 1%.
They might however at some point, based on other corporations, just come out and say move or quit. I wouldn't put it past them. But that feels like a 2027 move.
There are currently jobs posted in the career center that are hiring remote. They're literally listed as home based. So, no. I do not believe this is true at all.
There are a decent chunk of senior leaders that are still remote and idk what they'd do if they all of the sudden cut those spots.
@OP I have not heard anything about this. I have a conversation with a senior vp this week who certainly eluded to pay or comp being differentiated for remote, but nothing about removing remote. Thus senior vp relies on a portion of his org who is remote. So I’m leaning on this just being a rumor. However, it doesn’t mean that certain business lines or roles they restructure to all hub for the need of the business.