Besides medical accommodations, does WF give case by case exceptions for other reasons to be able to WFH? For example, person no longer in strategic location but their experience is needed to close out a time sensitive project. I know some who work remote but I am afraid to ask them their reason , though the two who volunteered their reason it was medical related each time
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I tried using my medical accommodation to wfh but they said it would I only work for a certain amount of time. (Example: approved 4th time but the 5th on may not be. even if the note was legit. Then I'd have to come into the office anyway.
Had to make a choice to take a severance or use my note which was iffy. So ended up declining an offer (yes I had to reinterview, and was going to accept, but the told me all that limitation garbage.
Had i went been out of a severance should I not rto... so...
@eg Thanks -- good to know and makes sense.
@c3 Any displacement (term for cause, efficiencies, anything) is reviewed and signed off by multiple risk parties - controls, orbo, baco. if a person owns a process or control the manager must show how the transition will be handled. if they own a corrective action, there is an assessment as to whether it can be transitioned properly or the person needs to complete it. The final decision is up to the business unit - but the business unit then bears the consequences. So that could result in a delay of the termination, but ultimately that person will be gone.
My colleagues in a very critical risk group are still WFH. I would imagine that they will need to be assigned a hub location “eventually”.
I heard about an individual contributor (P3 or P4) who was supposed to be fired for not following RTO rules but their termination date got delayed because someone in Risk thought the person was too critical from a risk management perspective and that more knowledge transfer should happen first so some projects could be finished. The person being fired isn't in Risk themselves. Sounded like maybe Risk is in the normal approval chain for terminations (??) and they withheld approval in that case. Before this I never knew Risk had a say in such matters.
@ag OC means operating committee level like a Derek F.
What does OC mean? Does it depend on the group? I know Corp risk has been super hard and not possible to hire in non-core locations.. maybe front office allows hiring in non-core locations?
No managing director views people as "irreplaceable" so they wont even ask.
If someone is working remote, without a medical reason, senior management simply hasnt got around to laying them off. They stretch out layoffs to smooth severance costs.
Yes, it's possible but requires OC approval if not for a medical accommodation. Most of time managers don't even want to ask. Otherwise you'll probably be laid off.