Anyone else hearing this?
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@19f previously the boss gave a score for your performance. It’ll go back to that. A formal performance assessment. Right now it’s very informal.
What do you mean by performance reviews? Perf enablement discussions?
FWIW…..
Nothing being said in EMEA (AFAIK). It likely speaks to two things:
- ELT hoping that there is a a wave of resignations, which means they get people of the books but without having to pay a severance package.
- Illumina is in a much, much worse position than the ELT want to, or care to, admit. Continual rounds of layoffs to massage the bottom line for investors tells its own story. And it’s ultimately not a sustainable one.
@OP yes
@137 I bet it’ll be some hybrid situation. We’ll be having performance reviews soon. They’ll be observing who comes in and who doesn’t. Anyways they won’t say anything until JT mandates it.
I asked EC in the Town Hall today and he said that, for commercial, it's up to the regional leaders. Which is evasive at best, and dishonest at worst. I have asked point blank our VP and get a hint it may be coming, but he will not say more. I hate this rumor sh-t. We should have straightforward communication.
@wj that’s how it should be!!!!
@wj yeah maybe RSU people. AD and above. No sympathy there 🤣.
I’m calling this fake news. There may be more push to RTO but no company would make all employees onsite again in this day and age. Maybe they make everyone who is getting RSUs onsite only ;)
@nv only 25%! at this point I would assume more…. Then the higher ups complain not enough employees are onsite
R&D too?
@nt this will be the “August RIF” we all predicted. They are hoping that 25% employede will resign.
@m7 I feel Illumina doesn’t care about employee retention. The last RIF affected some shockingly good long standing employees. Unfortunately it is now an employer market.
@k5 this was announced to our team on Tuesday after a heated ipulse survey discussion with some of us. Leader said “there will be an announcement from Jacob at the August company meeting”. It sounded like 4 or 5 days.
What percentage of employees work remote?
@ks Doesn't "rules change on a whim" basically guarantee high turnover? We've invested significant time and resources developing our talent into leading experts in their fields. Now what, they're going to leave for our competitors? We've essentially paid to train talent that will end up working against us
That east coast talent will be hard to replace
This message board has been pretty reliable for information. Almost all companies have gone hybrid or RTO fully. Illumina just follows these trends. Rules change on a whim. Just because you were hired remote doesn’t mean it stays that way.
I’m not believing an anonymous random message board. There are plenty of roles that already require being in office and there has been no communication about a company wide RTO. Others have pointed out plenty are hired hybrid. Would suggest talking to your manager instead of getting worked up over troll posts meant to ruin your summer!
@b1 when has it ever been?
Anyone know the details, like whether it will be 3/4/5 day RTO? How will there even be room for all staff at HQ after we have vacated i3?
Honest question, how does this even work legally? Many hiring contracts with HR were either full remote or hub and hybrid. That is protected by law. What happens for those cases?
Not uprooting my life. Can't say I envy the poor schmuck who'll be inheriting my projects.
Yes Jacob is going to make an announcement in August. Not going to be a fun one like the stocks.
Which org? what about folks who are currently fully remote?
EMEA too?
Yes. It’s happening
Where did you hear this?