Return to office doesn’t reward employees, doesn’t provide job security, it costs employees more than WAH but it doesn’t pay more or provide more benefits, and it’s incredibly inconvenient compared with the flexibility of a home office. Employees and their manager’s jobs are at risk if the employee doesn’t follow the policy, Some employees who were mandated to go back to the office are not following the policies. Are they getting fired? If not, then the policy isn’t being enforced and all of the potential punishments are jokes. If no one is getting fired then why bother going into the office?
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The Reality is that there are lots of remote jobs out there, including at Humana. I’m interviewing, and so should you if you don’t want to work in an office. Only through losing their knowledge base to companies who are allowing remote work will Cigna realize the error of their decision and potentially change it.
Cigna also doesn’t acknowledge that most people who work from home work more than 40 hours/week, often working during what would be their commute time. My assigned office is a 90-min commute each way and will require $25/day parking fee. No way am I taking a pay cut to continue working for a Company that doesn’t appreciate me!
It's a matter of time before Cigna starts enforcing it. This is something new and slowly Cigna will enforce it. I am lucky that I don't have to go into the office (yet). My time will come soon when I am forced into an office I never once stepped foot in (since I was hired remote several years ago). Commute will cost me over 1.5 hours a day lost to just getting to and from the office, it will also cost me money as parking isn't included.
Reality is that it's getting harder and harder to find remote jobs, most jobs are now (Hybrid). My logic is let me ride this (remote) wave as long as I can. Once I am forced into the office, I might just start looking for other hybrid jobs that pay more. If I am ultimately going to be forced into the office, might as well get paid more to do the same job for another company to offset my time and cost commuting to an office.
I also think that others are purposefully not going to show up to the office hoping they get fired as they think they can build a lawsuit against Cigna since they have offer letters that say (remote or work from home). I am not sure if that will hold up in court, but if you can get a jury to side with your case, I can see how someone can sue and win or force Cigna to settle.