Is anyone else’s group being asked to track their time? We are being asked to track what we do, in detail, everyday for two weeks. Everyone, regardless of position, is required to do this. We have never been asked to do this before.
Somehow, I don’t think this will end well, especially considering that Q4 is almost upon us.
My group too. Unless we are in the same group!
If your group is starting time reporting... layoffs are coming. Do you best to link your time to critical projects vs. the many hours you attend in meetings or coaching/supporting your team.
Good chance they are trying to figure out what % to allocate your costs out to Buisness units or other functions using the 2 week sample. This would be bad because it moves your funding to someone else’s budget line and they can think you’re less important their other stuff. This is what happened to my group and it was a big layoff that year.
Layoffs incoming sadly
"all ERG has no budget" Interesting before COVID/WFH/DEI we never had them and got along just fine IMHO
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately for some viewpoints) ... all the speculation here will prove to be correct. Just a guess, but what else could it be ?
My understanding is "if you/they can not charge your time directly to a business cost center" You can be deemed a "not critical to the business" aka "dead wood"
Q4 will be tough. Latest update is that all ERG has no budget. We are still asked to host events but have to be "CREATIVE" . They ask us to do potluck for whole site out of our own expense . It is a whole new world here in Medtronic employees are asked to pay for the employer
OP here. Yeah, I figured it will be used against us. Still helps to hear from people who have experienced this.
It’s to figure out what you do so that they can eliminate or outsource the jobs.
Transformation or synergy or cost savings…some corporate speak nonsense will ensue.
Sorry- my function had to do this and they used it to lay people off…
This is what happened right before I got R.I.F.ed, along with many members of my team.
No, out time is already tracked by batching into the building.
Yes! The bean counters are gathering more data to lay people off.