Some employees even in Dallas and Atlanta, are being designated as virtual.
Other employees, doing similar stuff, will be asked to come to office.
This is setting yourself up for lawsuits. Policy should be universal.
Same applies to out of state, how do you make exceptions for some in same job category and not for others?
I think that's what the pick your battles comment was saying. "Forced relo to Dallas sucks but griping about RTO for a local office an extra day". The example of 5 hour drive gets diluted by those complaining about going to across town an extra day a week.
Pick our battles? For those of us having to drive 5 hours to our new designated offices or move on our own dime, this is a battle worth fighting. Oh and the current rumor is that if you don’t show up at said office, you are let go with no severance. That in itself is a class action lawsuit made in attorney heaven. Duress and ageism are illegal. That lawsuit will bankrupt a company that is already in major debt. It’s just too obvious to not expect this.
They have to move the people already in ATL/DALLAS to virtual in order to open up office space for the people they are trying to get to quit by forcing them to move to ATL/DALLAS.
Someone did not get their lollipop. Company has always had exceptions, favorites, etc, welcome to the real world. No matter where you go, it is who know, what you as an individual contributes, hard work, bu-t licking and a sprinkle of nepotism helps too. You need to work on yourself and ask why am I here and not her. There could valid reasons that you are not privy too, like a disability.
Some employees even in Dallas and Atlanta, are being designated as virtual.
Other employees, doing similar stuff, will be asked to come to office.
OP, your references to “similar stuff” and “same job category” have nothing to do with how they will designate a person as virtual. There is so much more to it than this.
Because of space limitations you can expect folks in hub cities to get a virtual designation. For example, I am in a hub city with no immediate team members located in the state. If there are space restrictions in my office I can see myself getting a virtual designation. At the same time I can see myself being asked to relocate to the city where the majority of the team is located. There will be exceptions. It is unrealistic to expect any policy to be applied to everyone.
Right to work does not mean they have a right to discriminate.
texas and georgia are right to work states.
What type of roles are being assigned virtual?
It’s always subjective. Sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the big.
Employment at will.
Like it or not, work isn’t all about the individual. Yes, forced relo to Dallas sucks. But constant griping about RTO for a local office an extra day a week dilutes the bigger problem and makes it sould like we’re a bunch of complainers. Pick your battles.