Employees, please share. Following the pandemic what do you think HCSC is obligated to do for you? I mean, beyond paying you for the work you contribute to the company. If you don’t get what you want, what actions do you plan to take? Will you quit soon, if you can? Are you in a job search already? Or will you stay but protest with management that you don’t want to go back to the office? How will you spend the extra money they gave you? Childcare? New clothing? Food? Apply to a vacation? What else?
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I am looking for another job and have been for several months due to te tone deafness and not taking the opportunity to change culture that other large organizations are taking. I’m addition some of the reorg and strategy work in my discipline is not benefiting my career growth. I will use the money to pay my additional utility costs from working at home, medical costs I’ve accumulated during the pandemic, biking equipment so I can avoid the public trans and costs for my stepsons computer.
They aren't "obligated" to do anything for us. That being said, if they offer inferior options to their workforce in terms of flexibility, benefits, or pay, they shouldn't be shocked if a portion of that workforce takes their talents elsewhere. Let's be honest, the $1,000 is nice, but I would rather have had an annual merit raise which came remotely close to keeping up with the rising cost of living. Idk about anyone else, but mine was so pitiful that it barely even covered the increase in my health insurance costs. Of course that will happen when management in certain departments are instructed to do everything in their power to ensure no employee ever receives an above-average review. I know of actual cases where supervisors have been instructed to actually change employee's stats to avoid giving them a better raise/bonus.
Most people owned work appropriate clothes before. And now HCSC has relaxed the dress code somewhat as people come back. Not everyone needs new clothing because they no longer need to dress up as much. People had childcare and elder care things going on before. For some it is new. But if there had not been a pandemic, no one would be complaining about what the company should do to help them figure out the care issues. What this boils down to, in my opinion, is that people worked remotely for so long, and liked it, that they don’t want to come back to the office. The end. There are certainly advantages to not commuting. Cost savings and time are big pluses. But really, many other issues are, for many people, not really different than before the pandemic. They dealt with them as adults. But it is Okay that people want a change. People should just boil it down to what they really expected would take place. To stay remote forever. Many people are upset mostly because the leadership has decided they want people in their offices. That is how I break down why people are really upset. I want the same thing. But I will smile and go back to the office until I find a new role where I can work with more flexibility. Hope you all get what you want for your work lives, too.
Protestations about the return to office are not necessarily made because we feel we are owed something. They are more likely a result of what appears to be blatant lies coming from the organization. The company said that our goals were met during our time deployed from home. They also said they would consider our feedback on the survey. Based on the company response to RTO, it doesn’t seem that much consideration was given to employees that want to work from home FT. $1000 incentive is nice but does not begin to cover the cost of new clothes, day care or elder care to name a few. It's time to modernize and change the way we do things. I won't be surprised if many people leave for more modern, flexible employers. Just my opinion.