Thread regarding Charles Schwab Corp. layoffs

“Welcome to the club.

Here's the questions that may not help, but are interesting.

Would removal of RTO make a material difference?
Would a raise or bonus make a material difference?
Would removal of any one EC member, not already announced, make a difference?
I'm guessing your answer will be no.“

I’m guessing you are incorrect.

1. Returning to the RTO policy as of Spring of 2022 but hold those not abiding by their agreement accountable - don’t punish everyone. Offer a commuter benefit to those who agree to come in 3+ days/week to defray the cost.
2. I am more than happy to take a haircut on raise or bonus if it means folks get to keep their jobs. A major layoff + 30% bonus cut while EC gets >10% raises is insane. Any % haircut on bonus pool/raises for employees should accompany a larger % cut for MDs and above.
3. There needs to be better representation on the EC - not just boomer white men who all share exact same perspective and have zero concern for employees. Who are held accountable for the d-mb sh$t they do & aren’t afraid to reverse course when necessary.

Would any of the above make a difference? 100% it would.

“Employees need to revolt. Make it hurt the bottom line. Become obsessive clock watchers and walk out at 8 hrs on the nose. No after hours calls accepted and leave your laptops at the office. Take email off your phones. Everyone bring in the most energy hungry small devices they can find and plug them in to run 24 hrs. Put a space heater inside a mini fridge and see who wins. Use full rolls of toilet paper and paper towels every restroom visit. "Accidentally" ruin your desk chair and switch them with random other desks so they need to be replaced. Fill backpacks with free snacks at each visit. Set AC to 60 and heat to 90. Call IT 15 times a day. Bring bed bugs into the office. Do the minimum to not get fired. Gather department and company level email lists and anonymously blast out emails with C level and business reporters copied about how awful working conditions are, how little the company cares about work life balance, and how they're willing to voluntarily cost their employees thousands of dollars per year when costs for consumers have spiked and subject them to exponentially higher risks of being in a car accident all because they want to micromanage their employees. Anonymously call into town halls with the same concerns. Meanwhile, everyone, even those not actively looking for work, need to apply for all the non-remote jobs they can find online and when interviewed, try to make it as far into the process as possible and if offered, turn it down and say you've found a position that pays less but is remote. Consumers should try to boycott companies as much as possible who force RTO for non-essential positions. Start buying lots of huge, expensive to ship items from Amazon and immediately returning them. Maybe they'll take the hint at some point.”

Well you’ll be glad to know there’s a hundred people sitting in the Unemployment line right now who would love to swap places with you.

“I complained because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet”

"Nothing is improved, nothing is made more efficient, nothing changes. Add looming layoffs, sh---y bonuses/raises, and RTO into the mix and you get apathy."

This 👆. 100% this.

Welcome to the club.

Here's the questions that may not help, but are interesting.

1. Would removal of RTO make a material difference?
2. Would a raise or bonus make a material difference?
3. Would removal of any one EC member, not already announced, make a difference?

I'm guessing your answer will be no.

And that's then you know the cancer has metastasized and harmed the cells beyond recovery. We are cells.