Anyone else have people in their office pack stuff up, and told they’re being moved to telecommuter status?
I am in the Richardson office and a large number of people were abruptly told we’re moving to telecommuter. I’m happy, but don’t understand the urgency or the decision process.
@c9 no they said for those that remain hybrid they must still come in 3 days a week.
@x0 Its AI tools. If the company wants to recruit new folks, the new time might work better vs 6am to midnight flex. You can still retire from here, change is not a bad thing.
@x0 if you’re from Mattoon, I’ve heard exactly that. Phone life is brutal, especially if you’re from Written. It’s a night vs. day difference
My condolences
Already been at home 15 years, working here for 19. Told today will have to start working on the phone 8-430, no longer flexible 6am-midnight. Will have to rearrange my whole life. So much for retiring here. So much for caring about employees
@wh were you laid off? :(
Found out today I get to work from home now. Just not for HCSC anymore.
@b3 I heard that they want to hire from other states to expand the talent pool. This would explain the 250 mile rule and the sudden change to allowing more remote work.
@a6 I’m in. Texas office and got the email from Maurice today in the news news thing they send out.
@rs some people...why? What is special about them? Is it entire divisions and roles? If not why? Be honest!
@rq it was in the CEO message this morning in HCSC News. Some people in IT, customer svc and NBS will move to work from home and some others will move to different offices. If you are impacted you will get more info from your supervisor. If not then your role and schedule stays the same
Yeah you really think someone is going to post internal communication in this forum.
If you read what is below then you'll see that there isn't a communication that went out. Last week people were verbally told in meetings they'd be moving to telecommuter status.
Now people are waiting for a communication from the company about why or who or whatever is happening that they are moving those people to wfh
Can someone post the email that went out to the richardson office? I didnt get it and i work there
AI is anything but cheap. Given the state of AI in non Coding areas of employment, outsourcing is still the #1 threat by far
@a6 What floor and what division? it would be nice to know what floor and division.
@gd in a year maybe little more...AI will be cheaper than offshorinng
@gc we already outsource to India and the Philippines and so we likely will go to Vietnam as well. Exploitation keeps the c suite salaries high.
@g2 Vietnam? Are we opening a call center there?
Its just the roles that can be offshored out of office saves $ while moving to Vietnam
WFH saves money on overhead. Need to trim spending seems like.
@a4 Richardson office we havent heard a peep. Is it only IT OR all departments
@b5 there’s no movement from telecommuters into any offices, it’s all people being sent home.
Hopefully, they will stop with policy of must be in the office an average of three days a week and also must make up for PTO and Holidays by coming in more than three days a week. It is such an absurd policy,especially since coworkers are a mix of telecommuters and in different parts of the country.
@aa easier to let people go when they're already moved out of the office
@az collaboration was non existent. The morale su-ked. No one wanted to be there.
Energy lockdown
@b2 "Business needs"
The announcement is so confusing. Does anyone know which IT product lines are under impact from Richardson location?
@b0 it makes sense once you understand different areas can be told at different times with different time frames for the change. The point is there is movement both into the office and into new full time WFH arrangements, all moves to be completed within the near future.
@at shhhhh, get out of here with your rational thinking. ;)
@b2 they didn’t give a reason other than changing the way we work. Also the 250 mile requirement distance to live near an office has been removed from the policy. Probably due to national footprint of HS workers
@b1 can anybody say why? What reason is being given?
Definitely not April fools, multiple info sessions held this week w information. More info to teams next week for those moving back home or changing office locations.
@az Employees already know and have already been told to pack their stuff. What you're saying doesn't make sense.
Curious if its April fools joke. Until news is official, hard to accept.
@at what’s the reasoning?
I really hope I don’t work with any of yall, your points of new are so depressing.
Please sit tight. If and when you are impacted, you will be told. Yes, certain divisions will be announced (notified) Monday. Healthspring and legacy Blue are treated the same way…within a given division. It is so easy for these threads to go off the rails.
I heard it was to make room for new fax machines.
@a8 heard the same, network business solutions.