Seriously HT? You are not giving people enough time to make necessary adjustments before RTO. I have a routine for the past three years that I'm trying to figure out how to handle. I'm a single mom with three kids and also care for my dad who is disabled. After school care is full and I'm on a waiting list, what am I supposed to do with my kids when school is over? I need to find someone to drive my dad to his weekly doctor appointment for blood transfusion because I won't be able to take him anymore. What kind of human are you? You only clarified the RTO policy in our all hands this week and today you send an email demanding people be in the office on Monday? Is this to show how much power you have to control people and upset their lives? You are a sad, very sad person.
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OP: There are always going to be people that see things in black and white without considering the grey areas. Please don't let people who have 0 understanding of your situation or human decency get to you.
I'm remote transition and thankfully there isn't even an office in my province (I'm in Canada). While I don't have family responsibilities, I can still sympathize with you and hope that you are able to make it all work somehow.
For the love of God people, be kind. You know nothing of what other's are facing, so just STFU and be kind.
Eventually product vXYZ will be maintained by 10,000 monkeys at keyboards.
Yep agree that is 💯 intentional
Maybe this is intentional. Instead of firing 1000's of more people in the future they won't have to since 1000's will quit because of this. And they are all about saving money so why not make their new employee's lives miserable so they'll volunteer to leave?
I used to commute to the Palo Alto office. I'd leave home mid-morning and it would take about an hour or so. I'd get to the office and find out that the meeting that I came in for had been cancelled while I was driving. I'd go to the break room and get coffee. I'd check email. Then I'd go to lunch and catch up with colleagues. I'd do a Zoom video or two, check email and then leave at 3pm to beat the rush. It would still take about two hours to get home. I'd be so tired that I'd nap on the couch. Then I'd check email and go to bed.
You should totally do a day in the life video on TikTok.
This is why HT bought VMW. The amount of fat to cut is astounding.
I love the assumptions that OP isn’t productive. Some of the most productive people I’ve ever had on my teams are juggling the most - they learn to focus, be productive and efficient and get things done. The ones who like to be in the office and keep long hours spend half of it walking around, chatting, getting lunch, getting coffee, and not delivering much actual work but feeling like they “work” 60 hours a week.
We don’t live in pre-2020 world anymore. Many childcares closed or cut hours or numbers. There is simply less childcare now than there was, and there was already a shortage.
Some of you need to live in the real world, not the 2019 world.
OP, good luck, I’m sorry you are in this spot.
Since WFH, I put in a solid 8 hours daily (occasionally 9+) since I saved all the commute time. I give my full undistracted working hours regardless of whether I have things to do. I am 99% in front of my monitors. If they fell into my work hours, I skipped all teacher conferences and kids' field activities. Kids go to school on their bikes, and now driving. How's it fair that I am being asked to return because some people have to handle their family issues? I do sympathize, OP at a personal level, but this is business, not charity. If someone is not doing their job, the other someone else has to. Indirectly it ruins it all for everyone puts in real effort. I do, however, 200% agree that more time needs to be given for new employees to settle in. This is a force of 40K employees. It may be a 3 to 6 month time frame. A lot of people do get caught in the process even though hints have been given. Adjustments be challenging.
So, having to go into the office each day is likely doable. Nobody said you have to be there ALL DAY. Drop the kids off at school, head into the office, eat lunch at your desk, leave at lunch time. Work from home in the afternoons. Days you have to take your dad for an appointment, take 1/2 day PTO (Its unlimited) or just make up the time in the evenings. I know its su-ks but I think you could probably pull together a schedule that works.
Does the OP realize that stories like this are EXACTLY why Hock wants everybody's a-s at the office? LOL.
Working remotely for VM for a few years.
UK based.
"If I live > 50 miles (I live 100 miles away) from the nearest office, can I be denied a FTE offer as a result? ie I have been told an offer is imminent, but could/would they revoke due to address? Or will the >50 miles "exempt" me? "
Were you designated as remote in Workday or did you just move during Covid? Don't count on that offer if you don't have it in writing already?
If I live > 50 miles (I live 100 miles away) from the nearest office, can I be denied a FTE offer as a result? ie I have been told an offer is imminent, but could/would they revoke due to address? Or will the >50 miles "exempt" me?
I used to commute to the Palo Alto office. I'd leave home mid-morning and it would take about an hour or so. I'd get to the office and find out that the meeting that I came in for had been cancelled while I was driving. I'd go to the break room and get coffee. I'd check email. Then I'd go to lunch and catch up with colleagues. I'd do a Zoom video or two, check email and then leave at 3pm to beat the rush. It would still take about two hours to get home. I'd be so tired that I'd nap on the couch. Then I'd check email and go to bed.
Some of the responses here seem to think that affordable child care will magically appear for employees who are single parents and need to drive their kid to and from school and who are accustomed to having the kid at home in the afternoon. I work with several people who do this and are productive while they keep a half an eye on the kid.
For people who now need to start paying for child care due to office hours, this is effectively a huge pay cut.
And this was a productive employee that was kept....
lol look at the replies here. I doubt broadcomm realized this is what they'd be buying. caveat emptor.
OP I sincerely feel for you, but we’ve been given ample warning. Broadcom was upfront about this. We had 18 months to make preparations. Hope everything works out for you. Might be best for you to get a WFH job from another employer. It could also be the a blessing if you’re able to pivot. It was a mistake not to make preparations but you can still change the outcome if you start looking now.
"You are abusing WFH to deal with your personal affairs. You have so many obligations during working hours it is hard to see how you can do your job. "
Harsh but true. I feel for the OP, and have been in a similar situation. You can't devote full attention to a job while you're taking care of young kids at the same time and lots of people should have had child care figured out a long time ago but just blended into their "WFH" schedule. Yes, hundreds, if not thousands of people are doing it but they're not as productive as they'd like to think they are. And yes, their peers notice it but of course don't say anything because that's not allowed.
VMware never questioned it, and now we're about to be shown that the business can run with half the people we had. You can deny this and of course downvote me but you know deep down it's true.
Do you know, you can take a day off here and there to care for your dad until you make the arrangements? And, honestly, you should have seen this coming. How did you live your life before 2019??
I'm sorry to hear that this is a surprise to OP. My manager at VMware gave us advanced notice that the possibility of transitioning to full-time remote work post-acquisition is very high. He provided us with a few months to make necessary arrangements and ensured we were prepared in case we were required to work in the office. I'm grateful he warned us beforehand, and I'm frankly surprised OP's manager didn't do likewise.
People. Keep in mind, you hold the power here. Not Hock, if everyone just unites together and says, “No, we are not doing this RTO thing”. He can’t do anything.
Are you even paying attention? Hock directly called this out in his Coffee Talk. He enforced COVID RTO and 99% of people showed up. He said that he knew he made the wrong call if they did not show up, but 99% did. He knows that people will show up to keep their jobs.
You have mere dozens posting on this site, in a company that is now combined at least 30k. Good luck with your revolt.
You are abusing WFH to deal with your personal affairs. You have so many obligations during working hours it is hard to see how you can do your job. You are not a remote employee so you were hired to go to the office. Don't like it, resign.
When people start being fired en masse for refusing RTO, people will start to fall in line. I wish they change their policy but I don’t see it happening.
I'm sure there's others in similar situation as OP. I won't be surprised to hear someone went postal due to the stress and anxieties caused by HT. I hope everything works out for OP.
Those golden RSU’s don’t look so great now eh?!?
if everyone just unites together and says, “No, we are not doing this RTO thing”. He can’t do anything.
Hock: your fired mf 😂🤣
if everyone just unites together and says, “No, we are not doing this RTO thing”. He can’t do anything.
Are you kidding? Very unrealistic and childish.
People. Keep in mind, you hold the power here. Not Hock, if everyone just unites together and says, “No, we are not doing this RTO thing”. He can’t do anything. If only a few don’t go back to the office then sure, he can start laying people off. But if a critical mass of employees refuse, then Broadcom will have to change their policy on this
Yes, "walk on water" seems to be your only escape.
should've found a new wfh job before the acquisition closed. BC was always going to implement a RTO policy as that is part of their culture and was communicated pretty often that their operations were different from VMW
You can go to a doctor, tell him you have high blood pressure, anxiety, overloaded from work and tell him to write you a note for short-term disability. My company pays 90% of the salary while on short term disability. Not sure what your company pays, but call HR and find out. If the doctor puts you on short-term disability, then take the time to find aftercare and call medicare to see if your father qualifies (do the paper work and get him enrolled). If he qualifies then medicare may be able to help him with doctors appointment, etc.