Thread regarding U.S. Bank layoffs

@dz well since that’s not going to happen, the very least they can do is track it accurately.

@cj what do you do on weekends?

@d8 When will that happen?

@d8 or we could just go back to how things were before COVID and understand that hybrid people on a hybrid schedule will be in office 2-3 days a week. There were hybrid folks before covid. We went in. We coordinated days with our teams and we never once worries about being fired for missing some arbitrary in-person percentage. When people abused it or refused to come in they were held accountable. But it was flexible and reasonable and it just worked. But this was when we had more real estate that was reasonable for commutes in a lot of cases. That isn't the case now. Forced in-person doesn't produce results, but that continues to fall on deaf ears.

I have heard the system is getting corrected this year to include holidays and time off taken.
The most accurate way to do this is to assign a % expectation. From there you take the total number of available working days to the employee. (Monthly working minus holidays, PTO, etc), and then apply the % to that. If you had 15 working days available in a month, then let’s say 80% of those would be your in office expectation. As an example.
In addition, the system number should be a guide and leaders know what’s going on with their people. If someone is working but offsite for the day, maybe a work conference or another work related thing that doesn’t have a badge swipe, the leader is aware and can notate that.

This isn’t strategy rocket science yet somehow it’s catastrophically missed.

@d0 that's what really gets me about this whole thing. You have reporting but we can't access our own reporting, and the reporting isn't even accurate. If it's something that's a performance metric (which it shouldn't be but here we are) there needs to be full transparency around expectations. And reporting that's correct.

Can't wait to see what a mess whatever hourly reporting they're coming out with next is.

@ch I see GK's ge----o are lurking in the chat on their company laptops

If you are being measured on something, and could potentially be terminated for non-compliance, at least provide some transparency. The response from HR when asked if we can see our own numbers, is the boilerplate "ask your manager". Another swing and miss by is the 11 days sh*tshow. To do this correctly you need to deduct out of office time from that count. Don't tell me that I must hit 100% and then penalize me when I take two weeks off and have 50% for that month. And no, it doesn't "average out".

@c8 No it’s not

@cj man must be nice to have a parking lot, gym facilities and an actual breakroom - you're living the dream!

@c9 same. Why can’t the company provide something in writing? Because they change stuff on a whim without documenting or clearly communicating the changes to employees (eyeroll).

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5+ days per week. I've been sleeping in the parking lot since I became a hub employee and wasn't able to afford the commuting costs. I use the gym facilities to shower and do laundry in the sinks during off hours. I heat up top ramen packets in the break areas for all my meals. I'm not a particularly high performing employee, but thankfully I've been saved from the layoffs that have affected most of my team due to my high RTO score.

I'm going to keep my eye on this thread and make sure I down vote any non-negative comments about working in office.

11 days whether or not I have PTO or holidays, if possible. There's clearly differing opinions among leadership if the 11 days takes holidays and PTO into consideration or if those days count as in office. I play it safe and always try to shoot for 11.

3+ It is nice getting out of the house and being around people.

I shoot for 3 days a week. Routine and schedule are important for my mind so I just so 3. It's easier for me that way.

11 days minus any holidays, PTO or sick time =)

3+ days. I’ve been trying to get a set routine of same days in office which makes it easier on my life as a whole. We are being tracked however to 11 or 12 days total in office so there is some flex.

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Yep, I personally don’t mind it, my commute isn’t terrible and I genuinely like a lot of the people I work with in the office. I’m more of an extrovert, so being isolated in my house for 10+ hours without any human interaction wasn’t great for my mental health. And yes I have friends outside of the office, but coordinating schedules is tough and doesn’t work out a lot of times.