The layoffs were in the works for months and the execs certainly knew about it. And yet, Prat and Rick still decided to call us all back to the office on their arbitrary timeline, upend our lives and schedules, and scramble for desk space. All to lay off people mere weeks later. Do they get a sick enjoyment out of controlling us like puppets or are they just really bad at decision making?
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How does RTO upend your life, you are supposed to be working.
Come on, because you the had kids at home ? Because you decided not to have a car? Couldn't drink wine in the afternoons? Ran behind on laundry?
Grow up!
Things for the company will continue to struggle at the HQ level without the culture we used to value and love. Performance management is an actual joke, so if the team isn’t motivated to perform they will just get by.
Yeah someone at TGT moved to Seattle to take a job at Amazon and was canned within a year.
Never move to be near the HQ of a company. You will 75%+ likely be laid off before recovering moving expenses.
@c8 Because companies do multiple things at a time, and have competing priorities. RTO was likely baked in months ago, and planned far longer than the layoffs.
I've never seen so much entitlement in a group of people in my life. Most of the rest of the country has RTO long ago, but people around here all just complain and complain that yes, they too have to RTO like most everyone else in the country.
@b8 My complaint is with the timing of everything. Why not wait until after layoffs when you know who your actual workforce is. Teams are being reshuffled right now, and the people (admins?) who surely spent hours and hours figuring out where everyone will sit now have to redo all their work.
@b8 For the 100th time, remote work doesn't equate to less work or not working hard. We work even harder remotely due to this stereotype. Everytime I come to TNC, I am not as effective due to noise, cr-ppy desk conditions and everyone talking 24/7. Also, are you critical of everyone at TNC that leaves at 2 during our on-site days? Are these the amazing employees you speak of while sitting in traffic while I'm still working?
The sense of entitlement around working from home is something else. If you want a job, you need to work hard.
So you'd prefer the layoffs happened 6 months ago, shortly before the RTO?
They're two different priorities. You think the wizards all knew who was gonna get the chop 4 months ago?
Companies across the whole country have been mandating RTO for the past couple years. You're lucky you got this long to stay at home.
The last 4+ months have been a complete sh-t show.