On a floor that seats hundreds and I’ve seen 2 other people who I have no idea are.
Remind me why I drove an hour to be here again? Oh yeah because I’m one of the unlucky people required to be here to collaborate with myself?
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Mondays and Fridays are the best days to go in. Less distractions / noise.
I can literally feel my blood pressure rising the closer I get to the office. I go to a desk in an empty section, put my earbuds in, do a bit of work, take them out, attend a virtual meeting, then pack up and drive home where I can work in a more comfortable environment that’s actually cleaned on a regular basis. I refuse to waste more than 2 hours in that cesspool of despair. I was 100% remote for a decade before COVID-19 and had a signed telecommuting agreement that they canceled.
I’ve started looking at other companies and am trying to time me departure to be just after bonuses are paid out in February.
The real reason they want RTO is to bring back the job as the majority of your waking hours. If you add in commutes then you “might” have 2 to 3 hours of time to spend on “your life” on weekdays. It’s only natural that most of your focus and loyalty is to your job. Once wfh happened and people got some actual balance in their lives they began to remember what they actually enjoyed. They began pushing back and saying no to their employers. You want me to work overtime AND Saturday- uh I quit! Companies really hate it when employees have rich lives outside of work and realize they would take a huge salary cut to have it. Hence, the push to get back in the office and forgot what makes you happy.
Upper management does not care how we feel about it- save your energy and use it to fix your individual situation to work remote and balance your home life out. They are just enforcing it to keep us enslaved in the matrix system and spend money downtown to keep others enslaved in their jobs and so forth. It’s all by design by the puppets who tell you what’s trending and what to be mad about today.
I am at the farthest cube away from the entrance. The 3 people on my floor were gone by noon. I took a nap. It was very refreshing for the drive home. Highly recommend!
had my first interview today and the next one scheduled right before the busy holiday week for a similar role in a smaller bank. the position is not remote but has a full office and actual collaboration (not this awkward musical chair sh*t game we've played this year) and would be a 20% salary increase. start applying for roles now so you can get through interview processes and get hired shortly after our bonus comes from WF and bounce. if you're like me, you will take your talent elsewhere for more $ - no need to suffer another year of failed rto.
@1zje bring a bo-m box and crank some death grind. You'll be more productive and anyone else who shows up will ask for you to be permanent WFH.
Unless they're cool too.
Agreed on all fronts. I absolutely despise going to the office. I was WFH before C19. When I go, it's actually nice that the building is mostly empty, no one in my group is there, but I still have to move into a room with a door so I can take calls. In my line of work it's strictly need to know, but CPG is stupid and doesn't understand that or doesn't care. Kind of ironic really, CPG loves secrets. These are the A holes plotting to shut down your assigned building and downsize you so they can turn around and brag about the cost savings on corporate all-calls. FCPG and FRTO. The NYC crowd all need to be fired from the CEO to the mailroom guy. Everything wrong with this place is coming from that ivory tower.
Very well said. I 100% agree with you. Drive time for me = aggravation, and arriving at work grumpy. I have no idea why some people like driving 10 or miles under the speed limit, but that is not a good start to my day. Then I go into a mostly empty office. I initially thought those would be the days I would schedule my calls, but being mostly empty, sound Carrie's extremely well. I can hear what other people are saying, and they can hear me. So if I want to have a confidential call, I would need to go to a conference room to do it, and that's not something I am going to do. Depending on the day, I could potentially be the only person in my section of the building, so while that makes things quiet, it also makes it feel like the building has been abandoned. I try not to stay long, and then it's back in the car for the drive home. There's always a huge sense of relief as I step out of the building. I thought it would get better over time, but it hasn't. Those are the days where I don't get much done, and I am reminded of all the things that bother me about Wells Fargo.
Whether there are other people in the office or not, if your job involves working in front of a screen there is absolutely no reason to be in the office. Most of us are able to focus, produce, and make quality decisions much better at home without harsh lighting, distracting noises, smells, and sitting two feet from other people - bookended by expensive and stressful hour- long commutes. There is literally nothing to be gained for WF by forcing us into an office. Just fire the low performers and let the rest of us have basic quality of life.
I get more work done on those days
@xjs so they're admitting defeat without admitting defeat. Nice.
In 2023 there will be more of a push for office-based, but people in Corporate Risk get to be excited that it will be at least 3 days in office, and the other 2 days can be at home. There will be more of a focus on compliance with the policy in 2023.
When I first went in, I made an effort to introduce myself to the 3 other people in the rows of empty desks. We have absolutely nothing we could collaborate on. They are in a separate business area, and we don't have any common business interests, nor any reason to talk to each other, outside of being polite. I have to go out of my way to say hi, and usually they are either on the phone or have headphones on, so no interest in having anything to do with me, and no reason to either.
The main areas are kept clean. The trash doesn't get emptied in the rows. Dust has accumulated from the years of being unoccupied, and there are no cleaning supplies to be found. They did let us know they are saving money on snow removal this year though. Since there aren't many people coming in, they will only plow part of the parking lot.
I experienced the same yesterday in office. Complete waste of my time to come to an office where I talk to no one and see few. Morale ki---r for me.
On the plus side, think of how much WF is spending to light and heat the floor for you three. They must REALLY value you.
Firstly, as always, F RTO. Always and forever. The world has permanently changed, yet the horribly out of touch C suite actively refuses to get with the times.
No one would blame you if you're bored and need to collaborate with yourself in the restroom.
Why not.