Curious. Is there a time limit trip wire when you badge out to leave that is on a report. Say I badge in then leave 3-4 hours later. Do I come up in a report because I didn’t stay all work day?
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@ty fyi per HR you can give your 2 weeks notice of your retirement - they would like more but they cannot force it. I would slowly use up your PTO - set a date in your mind and then pull the trigger the Friday before 2 weeks start. You will still get your retirement gift catalog. And since you won't be missed, and there will be no "party" - all is good.
Trust me you will sleep well once you have personally set the date of declaration and the end date in your own mind. Don't let your feelings get in the way - who cares that you are leaving with 2 weeks notice - consider it a reverse RIF. I slept just fine as did several people I know. What are they going to do ? Fire you? LOL
@ej Thanks for letting me know how I can finally get out of here with six months of severance. :)
@ty Don't think you're RIF-proof, you're not (unfortunately). Don't let your guard down.
I can say, from working in the data area, data management and useful analytics thereof, is not one of Elevance’s strong points. Threats and fear of how they monitor us and select who’s next for the RIF hammer are their tools of choice.
For me, I gave my boss notice that I’ll be retiring at the end of the year. My thought is it’ll make me RIF-proof until then as if they RIF me now it’ll probably cost them more in headaches and severance. Just knowing there’s an end date has made for much better sleep and lower mental stress.
@aj i don't disagree. i mean, they can tell where we're working just from log-ins. anyone who thinks they're getting away with something by "coffee badging" is, in the kindest terms, an id--t.
granted, it's probably a lower lift monitoring badge swipes, but they already have the data and have for a long time.
@ej manager here! It’s funny you have that knowledge and other managers do not. Most managers find out right before everyone else
Scan in and system knows you are there, scan out and it knows you are gone. In an emergency they can see scanned out and know who they don’t have to account for.
My current pulse point was never meant to have people in the office all the time so I can see the whole security thing being implemented. At my old office years ago, yes we swiped out during fire drills and reports were pulled to make sure everyone was at their assigned section outside.
Ummm. Most of these pulse points have been around for a long time. All of a sudden they want to keep up with technology or keep us safe? Very unlikely. They are tracking us. For the same reason they mandated RTO.
@eb It can’t keep you safe, it is an inanimate object. Yes. It is for tracking but not in the Orwellian way you think. This is standard practice for many corporations. I’m actually surprised it’s taken this long for them to be installed.
@dn manager here. We will be monitoring in and out badge swipes. The report is being updated. Using emergency exits that do not have badge out swipers will not meet the swiping requirement. I caution you all to be VERY careful trying top scam the system. You will likely be the first to be rif'd next round. This is not a joke or a drill. You are putting your job at risk not working in the office a 'word day" and take that as you will.
@e1 understood. It was meant as sarcasm.
So in the event of a weather catastrophe, (per the example used) the badge system that is meant to track if everyone got out safely is not really tracking if you left the building via emergency exit because those doors do not have badge trackers. I am guessing they will be used for the main entrance/exit places. Yet badge trackers are keeping me safe…
@dk Usually you can get out an emergency exit in instances of say a fire. I don’t think during an emergency the expectation is that you stand in line and badge out.
@d9 There are a lot of psycho's out there. If someone should do something to the building while people are inside they could account for who was in the building based on badge in/outs. I don’t understand why that is so confusing to people? If they are looking for survivors after an earthquake or something and you already left the building then you are accounted for.
@dk bet you are a blast at parties. Do you always need such simple things explained?
@dk the badging system could help them see who was in the building.
@dk the point was during a disaster. Too hard for you to understand?
@OP People leaders have access to their team's badge in / out times. Whether they get some automated report that's triggered by not working in the office long enough - I have no clue, but I would doubt it. Guess it's possible though.
I would discuss it with your manager if you can't stay in the office all day when you're supposed to. Maybe you can work something out.
@d9 So, just because you've never heard of a personal safety issue inside a PulsePoint, that means they never happen?? There have been some low-key sketchy things happen at various PulsePoints just this year - did YOU hear about them? Apparently not.
If there happened to be an active sho-ter or a fire or something, don't you think it would be incredibly useful for safety / emergency personnel to be able to quickly tell who all is in the building?
Like the saying goes... "Everything’s a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works."
There is no management reporting based on badging out
@df so during a tornado, we are badging out, one at a time? Seriously??
@d8 LOL...OMFG, "sh!tty thing to do" is what this place is all about...it's ALL they know.
Do you have to badge out? Is there a way to exit without swiping your badge?
The security thing is making sure everyone got out of the building if there's a fire or earthquake or tornado or something like that.
@ak security? Making us safe from what or whom? The people we work with?
Making sure we don’t spend the night at our desk?
There is always a reason corporate implements new procedures. They don’t create these tactics out of thin air (just because ) or a “perceived “ threat to personal safety. I have never heard of personal safety issues inside Pulse, have you? This policy has a purpose, which is not being truthfully disclosed. Kind of like return to office was explained as in “the best interest “ of everyone. Vague and deceptive.
@ak HOW is that a security thing? And if the answer is “someone should have a badge in and badge out instance every day” who is monitoring THAT to confirm no one is left in the building?
It’s being monitored OR is a ploy to make us think it’s being monitored. Either way, it’s a sh!tty thing to do.
Both badge swipes (in and out) are being tracked and monitored.
I understand the conspiracy theories, but I’m telling you from HR that no one intends to track badge in vs badge out time. It’s a security thing.
If they want to see activity, they can run reports on our PC connections to office WiFi. I think the badging is actually for security purposes.