A coworker told me our manager said it would be mandatory to go back in 5 days a week in a conversation they had. No timeline on when, but has anyone heard this from a reliable source?
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Haha what kind of logic is that? How did you get to work before Henry Ford came along? And yet I bet most people aren’t saddling horses to make their daily commute. But by all means you and Mr. Ed come on into work Monday so I’ll more easily be able to identify the id--t that works amongst us.
how did you work in 2019 and before that ? if you dont like it there is the door open for you, that means you are not reliable person who can be count on, bye bye lazy people byebye
If they only existed for shareholders, you would think they would spend their money smarter. So much waste
“The other posters” dude you ARE the other poster. Troll
Think what you want. But the company exists for investors and shareholders. I agree with other posters. Don’t like it then quit or the company, as it has demonstrated, will lay more people off
If companies like enbridge only exist for shareholders, then once again how are workers wanting flexibility deemed as entitled for wanting wfh?
IF your argument stands … then it is execs that are entitled by wanting 5 days In the office just to stroke egos
Performance only matters, and your physical location has no bearing. Actually to support this we have had our strongest quarter and profits while the peasants all worked from home.
+1 for wfh people, -1 for entitled sheep mgrs
Written by a truly self centred entitled person. Companies like Enbridge solely exist to make money and achieve high stock prices I order to attract investors. Nothing else. You need to get it out of your head that it is for anything else. Enbridge is not a non profit company.
Your spewing cr-p.
@15y+1jgyp3b40 Dude, that post was so good it almost made me cry. Well said!
"Looking at the stock price as the sole indicator of a company's success is myopic at best"
- Why that's all our leaders care about?
"such entitled people. Unbelievable"
- How? Why are these people classified as entitled. From what I can see, these are the rank and file middle office workers - hardly entitled in this economy. Would you say they are more entitled or less entitled than the CEO's and execs with major salaries, stock options, trophy husbands/wives, and outsourcing of domestic responsibilities due to their immense wealth. But yes, I agree the ones at the bottom are entitled.
"Trust me we don’t need you and are replaceable."
- The argument of infantile demographic, and is always spouted by folks whom have self esteem issues. People who use this argument are generally narcissistic and generally of lower intelligence and seek to belittle others who disagree with them. This is all so they can end a conversation/debate they have no logical argument against and resort to petty child behaviour
"Everyone is replaceable. The company keeps humming along and no one is missed"
Are they? I'm glad I'm not part of your family / inner circle. Would you argue that your wife, husband, children, mothers, fathers, and close friends are replaceable - applying that same argument as most families will keep humming along. So much for all that 'culture' your leaders are spouting .... if it devolves to this argument - why should i contribute more if i am 'replaceable'
I would guess most of these people whom made these comments are our 'leaders' ... as this is the mentality you need to survive in modern business.
And you wonder why people are walking away from this toxic working relationship and asking to "work on their own terms, in their own offices, providing the same level of service" that is so replaceable.
heaven help us these clowns continue to get promoted and rewarded for these behaviours
Heard the same rumour. They are doing this in conjunction with insourcing all the outsourcing they have done … as they have realized that most employees aside from directors and above spend their time on teams call with remote workers from their various sourcing firms.
This is also being coupled with a stipend for travel to the office … you will get paid mileage and claim on a new app being released on April 1st to coincide with 5 days in the office. Stipends will be paid as part of your salary and taxable income - so that we can keep CEO and exec taxes down as well as corporate taxes.
Beyond that - the worst affect demographic will be woman. So woman will get an increase of 10 percent coupled with taxes paid by white male execs so they can offload and outsource those responsibilities they used to be able to balance while we had wfh.
This is the most progressive thing the company has ever done and they plan to share ore profits to increase engagement to get people back into the office.
I look forward to the 5 days in the office with all of these new perks they are granting us
Greg come on buddy stop it’s pathetic. Nobody wants to come into work and hang out with you.
I cannot understand if people are that unhappy why would you stay. Quit or stop whining and get in the office. I agree with others. Unbelievable entitled people.
Such entitled people. Unbelievable
more fake news
Looking at the stock price as the sole indicator of a company's success is myopic at best. At the very least you must add in the dividend. Then you should look at the actual financial performance of the company.
Stock price is a fickle evaluation by the market at large, which is sentiment. ENB is chronically undervalued. Has been for a very long time. And when they do the sorts of things than analysts and markets like - such as layoffs - people here get cranky.
Let's stay on topic people!
Get back to the office!
You are right it did increase 20ish percent this year but so did a lot of other stocks and indexes. Go back a decade and track the S&P 500, the DOW, or NASDAQ and compare that to the returns from here and tell me how you feel about your investment. This is a POORLY managed company and has been for quite sometime. And to address your comment about, “we won’t be missed if we quit” and the “company keeps on humming away” yeah that’s because the infrastructure is already there and the profit margin is so high in this industry. It does NOT matter where we work so long as the system doesn’t shut down. The only advantage to having us in office is so management can feel better about themselves and justify their existence. I know when I’m in my office I have all my meetings on teams in my office. WOW, what fantastic collaboration, I COULDN’T possibly get that level of engagement at home!
Furthermore, if you want a thought experiment on what we could and couldn’t do without and watch the company “keep on humming away” let’s get rid of half of our VPs. I’m sure we would save a ton of money and their “leadership” wouldn’t be missed.
Matches to 5% ? Try matches 2.5%.
7000 shares through this company program?
Bahahaha
The stock has increased 25% in the last year. Plus an 8% dividend. Plus the fact the company plan includes stock purchase which Enbridge in Canada contributed to (matches to 5%). I know own 7000 shares and growing. Makes a nice addition to my retirement investing. I think that is worth coming into office for.
Stay home. Quit. You won’t be missed.
HAHAHAHA nice stock price? Remind me the last time it was over $50 USD? The company stock hasn’t done anything but spin it’s wheels for the last decade.
I agree with the other comments. Don’t like it then leave. I can’t believe how so many people think the company can’t do without them. Everyone is replaceable. The company keeps humming along and no one is missed. Just look at the nice stock prices.
WFH was one of the reasons they recruited me. I’m not afraid of work, take it away and I’ll go make more elsewhere. Not an ultimatum, it just is what it is.
Awww, I hope you really don’t mean that Greg. How are you going to easily replace 95% of your workforce?
So entitled. Get back in the office or quit. Trust me we don’t need you and are replaceable.
Someone is clearly not happy about coming into office. For those of us who have been complying all along it’s just another day. You’ll get over it and you’ll find something else to complain about. We’ll stay posted.
Well said!
Why not just fire the people that aren’t capable of or willing to do their job, whether that’s in the office or remote. There are plenty that “comply” but still don’t produce or contribute or positions that aren’t necessary/value add! Why don’t we start the cost cutting measures there! So much process waste in this company, but you can’t cut out the process waste unless you cut all the roles that do nothing but support the wasted process! Keep the ones that have skill and add value and move them into roles that add value and cut those that are coasting and not adding value and just collecting a pay check - there are plenty of them! For some roles, there may be value to being in the office regularly, but many work with people across a half dozen or more offices and 2 countries. Being in the office regularly adds little to no value to some. Professionals that get their jobs done should be professional enough to determine what environment suits them best to be most productive - for some that is the office, for others that is not the open concept call center of a distracting office. People should quit putting selfish personal needs and wants into the equation of figuring out where they work for the 40+ hrs that the company is paying us to work, and work where they are capable of being most productive in exchange for their compensation. We are not paid to work from where we want to, we are paid to produce; in my view we should be able to work where we are able to produce at the highest level based on what works best for the individual - for some that is not at home where there are kids or they might be distracted by other things, for some, that is not an open concept distracting office. Problem is, we can’t seem to trust people to make the decision based on where they can produce at their highest level; too many take advantage of it. And too many managers aren’t capable of knowing if their employees are doing their job and adding value, so they have to use the metric of butts in seats. Being physically in your assigned work area is not correlated by you level of production and value! Rant over.
So my proximity is my real value? That’s sage advice from Henry Ford for his employees when they are on the assembly line. Aside from that it’s a dated thought process. My value as an employee comes from my experience, education, and relationships. And I’ve built that resume up overtime in the office AND at home. Perhaps it’s time for some people in this company to retire and make their way to the nursing home.
If there’s no value for you to be near your co workers and be present then there’s no reason your work shouldn’t be offshored for a significant discount.
Who knew that Greg E. trolled on this message board? Nobody wants or really needs to be back in the office with any real regularity. The real question is, what can’t you do at home that you can only do in the office? Not only am I more efficient at home but I cut out a god awful commute two ways. Maybe you’re the slacker and incapable of adapting.
Good.
I dont know of anyone that does not want to work back in the office 5 days a week... back to normal! Anyone that does not want this are slackers and have alternative motives.... slackers!!!
I do know they are tracking so If they don’t get the results they want, people complying or quitting, they could try it. Lord knows they are too soft to actually fire anyone for being out of compliance and would rather do this passive aggressive BS.