Anybody want to take bets the RTO mandate was to use against us for layoffs?

Dell mandated the 5 day RTO for multiple reasons but one of them I think is because they have a plan and that plan is to use it to let go a LOT of people who either never abided by that policy, OR didn't go in enough/quarter. Which technically speaking, is a valid reason to lay someone off as they are not following the company policy.

They have a solid years worth of badge tracking now and those who were supposed to go in but didn't, are likely gonna be on the chopping block. They made it so that anybody who is within a 60 minute drive has to go into office, which is very unreasonable and they know it was. 30-35 minute drive should have been the cutoff IMPO but it was an hour because they know that a lot of those who do live "within that hour" but have a 55 min commute, are likely either going to quit or straight up not go in 5 days/week.

idk, I've lost the incentive to do an amazing job. Why should I when there is no "pot of gold" at the end for me?

#RTO #Layoffs #Policy #BadgeAnalytics

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@cr, obey God, not man.

@db , same here.

More worthless posts about things we already know.

This has been going on for 5 years.

They call your 401(k) the pot of gold. Funny how it mostly just buys compliance.

In theory it sounds easy to do, however the badge readers have been notoriously reporting inaccurate counts so somebody with half a brain could lawyer up and fight it.

Dell doesn’t need loyalty, it relies on replaceability. Once you internalize that, obedience looks like “culture.”

No one cares that you liked working from home. RTO is the rule now: eight hours, five days a week. Accept it, or discover how replaceable you are.

someone is late to the party. Actually, I cannot believe you're still there with this intelligence.

well, if some people were let go for not complying and some remain and did not comply, sounds discriminatory at that point. If you didn't comply, you all should be let go...not just some. Sounds like a lawsuit if that is the case...if not complying is the reason.

@OP Is your nickname Captain Obvious? RTO was always meant to do two things. 1. Make people want to leave. 2. Give upper management data points to use for layoffs. All the other claimed reasons/benefits for RTO are disingenuous at best.

Nah, we were told in March when it was put in place that we were expected 3-4 days per week, 2-4 hours per visit. My overall average since then in 2.6 days and I just got an off cycle raise.

Their earlier statements about how awesome remote/hybrid work is will be used against them in lawsuits if this happens without the standard severance package that binds against that. And - getting rid of productive employees that don't come into the office in favor of keeping those less productive that do would be par for the course.

@OP You should demand a raise and a promotion, you are a genius for figuring that out.

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