Anyone else wonder if productivity has diminished with the 4 day a week requirement? Everyone was already burnt out from the ever growing workload. Add the commute and I continue to see people’s ability to care fading away.
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@14s No. Not sure what WS is but this manager does manage a location in another state.
I do think eventually it will catch up to them because there is only so much they can do to fake it and when they now manage a generally more outspoken team, there egg on their face.
They believe the rules don't apply to them but I guess the only thing I can do is write things down and keep piling up instances where they do things they claim they are opposed to. I have about five solid examples and provable. Just have to wait for the right time. This manager is completely incompatible with our team and we can't have someone like that making us look incompetent all because they refuse to write anything down or retain information which is another layer of issues we are having.
@14g this seems exactly like my situation. Are you in WS by chance?
Before they moved our department I didn't mind coming in to the office.
Now, I really want to work from home so I don't have to see or deal with the new clueless manager who fills their calendar up as being "busy" including weekends to make their managers think they are working or busy when really they are in endless meetings talking in circles and hardly getting anything done and frequently takes tours around the building to look for people who aren't at their desk when they want them to be.
Finding every little thing to nitpick and making decisions without understanding the work despite being told numerous times. Oh - fascinating that they took two days to work from home even when in a recent townhall meeting it was made clear the rules also apply to managers. Will definitely keep note of that.
Our leadership does not care at all about productivity. It’s like they go out of our way to make us less productive.
@ax Couldn't say it better myself. I've seen managers actually get rid of the most productive contributors, so they can maintain perceived control and continue to create the illusion of their own value.
@an Using things like sapience means you're already failing as a manager. Keeping people "busy" should never be the goal. Keeping people productive is the goal and measuring that doesn't require sapience or any other orwellian tools. It does require managers to be better though, and the one thing we'll never get here is better managers or any leadership that is actually held to a standard.
Meh, I'm doing about 40% less work. Still meeting my goals but they don't get any free time, I'm paid to complete a job and they get that and not a second more.
@an - Oh, give me a break. You are the problem. You're the textbook example of a smug, out of touch manager who refuses to take accountability and instead dumps blame on the very people keeping this place afloat. Without individual contributors, Truist wouldn’t last a day. The lights wouldn’t stay on, the systems would crash, and customers would be locked out of their accounts while you sit in meetings patting yourself on the back for work you didn’t do.
We’re the ones making sure everything actually functions. That platforms are stable, secure, and efficient. And don’t even start with the remote work nonsense. Remote workers routinely put in longer hours, take fewer breaks, and stay online far past what’s expected, because they “care” about getting things done, not just being seen.
But people like you? You’re a drain. A bottleneck. A bureaucratic speed bump who thinks managing calendars and spitting out buzzwords is the same as delivering value. If you really wanted to help Truist, you’d resign, get laid off, or better yet, get fired, and make room for someone who actually understands how this place runs.
@an "Our" attention? cough PLANT cough
The company has a far greater problem on its hands than in-person attendance. It has to come to our attention that most remote contractors are sitting in teams meeting rooms to beat the Sapience monitoring. Time theft is occurring across the organization, not just through physical badge swipes. Everywhere you look, individuals are finding ways to game the system, and this culture of dishonesty is costing the company significantly.
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@ag Right on. I think it is glorious when the teammates express their spirit in unison.
I don’t see it. Mainly because only about 20% of my floor comes in and after lunch it’s vacant.
Nope
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Wonder? Absolutely. Will it ever be evaluated? Probably. Will we ever see the results? Not a chance.
Nope. Can’t say I wonder nor “care” about that
@op - Oh, absolutely! Who has time to wonder about things like RTO, demanding workloads, or the fact that commute times are basically a part time job in themselves? I mean, it’s Truist, where disengagement is just a buzzword and burnout is the unofficial dress code. But hey, who am I to question it? I’m too busy doing my best while the system slowly makes me question all my life choices……