Do they even want us to work or not? When I arrive at the office, most of my team members have already logged off, since I’m the only one in the U.S. and the rest are in India. At this point, it feels like they’re just trying to tell us to give up
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@j3 cuz its an American company
Im not worried. If offshore gets too bad Daddy Trump will put an end to it.
H1B great first step. Go work from your own country.
I always find I collaborate much better with my colleagues on teams when I am in the office then I collaborate with the same colleagues on teams when I am at home. I can’t say why maybe it’s the long commute, fighting for a desk in the office and the sheer pride I take in being able to work for a company where I can get free luke warm poorly made coffee.
your team members log off at 8 AM? My offshore team is on till 12 or 1 EST so we have 4 or 5 hours of collaboration time.
@pz as india is moving more with Russia and china
@j3 why wouldnt it? Its a U.S company that shouldnt be allowed to take jobs from americans
@j3 are you kidding me with that asinine question. Prior to the corporate greed prioritized over everything else, companies domiciled in any country hired employees from the same country.
If the job can performed outside of the US timezone(s) - then why would it be performed in the US at all?
@ak they should align their work hours to the US since that is where HQ is located :)
I think next you are supposed to align your working hours with thers.
You are there to collaborate. If you are unable to, consider yourself like a chef or barber, etc without an immediate customer.
Just hang there, wait for an opportunity, and pursue your own interests in the meantime.
Works well for me.
They paid very highly compensated consultants to craft the RTO and non-growth center mothballing explicitly to make you want to quit. Your effectiveness, knowledge, expertise at your job mean less to them than the liability of your pay/benefits/tax obligations for maintaining you. They want you to quit. Everyone no matter how valuable or safe you think you are should be dedicating themselves to creating an exit plan. Both upskilling and job hunting AND putting as much as possible away in an emergency fund to float you. You can not assume you will leave on your own terms or receive severance/unemployment. The bank is using for cause firings to both save money and keep the reduced head count from showing in unemployment statistics. They are executing on the consultants plan and you are just a victim to the unrelenting focus on shareholder value and the c-suites need for a fat paycheck/bonus packets before they rotate out for the next outsider who will start the whole cycle again…
RTO is the ultimate participation trophy.
4 days office means 4 days of work
being in the office is more than important than the actual work
You are reading the room correctly