Seemed kind of quiet the past few layoffs- is there a certain month that typically is the highest month for layoffs ?

How are we doing? Who's at the helm? Are we making $$$? Do they treat the worker better?

How is the payment replatforming going? Is it still a mess with US folks getting axed by Rama?

Does anyone have direct experience going from a long term disability leave of absence while their site or coworkers were laid off, and were returned to work after the layoff? I am currently on LTD and am wondering what the process will be when my... — read more 

As above. I just happened to notice it’s open (?) and ends mid Nov, as per uge. I didn’t get an email nor I don’t think a snail mail. They couldn’t possibly try to keep me from getting free bennies months into next year… or would they??

So the new tech leader has been here over 18 months and still no strategy. Counting keystrokes and butts in seats? Those are tactics you use when you don’t have ideas. Come up with some d-mb stat like “our average productivity score went from 6.7 to... — read more 

If Jamie Dimon thinks that coming to office 5 Days a week is good for all of his employees then you can be sure that his bff Charlie thinks the same way. Maybe that $3 billion dollar tower on Park Avenue was built for Charlie when he takes over his... — read more 

This week I had to travel between three office locations. I’ve never seen morale so low across the organization. I found employees to be shockingly unrestrained in their criticism of management. WF has a real problem brewing, and I hope they are... — read more 

What a shame. Every year 1000s of companies renegotiate with insurers to cut benefits... Sick... Millions of Americans fight, every day, to avoid medicl bankruptcy. They pay taxes close to those in European countries with universal healthcare, yet... — read more 

Do they have medical exceptions to work remotely ? How often is the exception reviewed? Not fair for people who goes to office.

AI chatbot told me, when I put in my particulars, that the gains foregone from the switch to annual match from quarterly we used to have is about $1,500, since missing out on getting money in during the lower levels throughout the this year, assuming... — read more 

Anyone hear anything about CL updates for location strategy? Myself and a few coworkers are still remote and nothing has been communicated yet?

Wondering if any other business lines have heard about 4 days in office

This zero-innovation management team would be gone yesterday, and employees at all levels (management are also employees) who think spending 8 hours a day being in an office building translates to 8 hours a day of productivity would be culled in... — read more 

This is because AI investments are not yielding significant results. Companies like Meta have laid off top-performing employees after spending heavily on AI initiatives.

So our site is getting closed next week. How does the displacement go down? Do they send you an invite the day prior to come onsite the next day and drop off your laptop and badge? Since there’s hundreds of us in the site curious how this will go... — read more 

Buh bye

it’s over my fellow coworkers. No matter what you do you can’t save your job. It’s all over.

by end of year

Too many bootlickers https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/westpac-work-from-home-jobs-australia-b2849083.html

Someone posted the other day that this site doesn’t have useful information anymore. Well I’m offering up some right here. I’ve posted before with insights on RTO being delayed, what the original RTO mandate would look like, how time in office is... — read more 

As far as I am concerned, their behavior constituted belligerent fraud.

I keep seeing/hearing people say they are on some list for not being in the office 8 hours. If I was on this list would I know? I never do 8 hours, not even 2. As far as I'm aware I'm not on this list, why?

The OCC's effort to hold former Wells Fargo executives accountable for the bank's fake-accounts scandal — which relied on charges brought in the administrative law system — has ended with barely a... — read more 

Does any other company have the sh-tshow Wells Fargo has on this site?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/10/22/microsoft-teams-starts-telling-your-company-if-youre-not-at-work/

For whatever reason I think they are tracking us? What does this forum think?

I clock in at around 8:30 AM, then around 2 PM, I left the office… I came back around 4:30, and I left at 5 PM. Do I get credit for 8.5 hours?

Like crowdstrike outage last year, similar issues with Amazon AWS. Poor programmers in India

5-6 hours is enough if you go back home and finish up there 8 hours is perfection

I was skeptical about the 8 hour office hours before, until I got a warning. People on this forum also warn about activities been tracked, I did not believe it. Well today , there was a general email about activities been monitored. Say you go for... — read more 

It’s better to be clear and consistent

Management has communicated that the individual with the lowest production on each team, regardless of whether they meet the defined quota, will receive an “Inconsistently Meets Expectations” rating during their next performance evaluation.

Why is this company fixated on the number 8? From 8 is great to 8 hours in their offices, what’s the link?

Please stop conflating in-office requirements with digital activity. The expectation that has been put out is 8 hours in-office. Period. Somehow this has been conflated by id--t managers who are telling their team that they must also have 8 hours of... — read more 

Two people I know got it. Have to go to office where their manager is located.

One of the key characteristics of exempt employees is flexible hours. Employees of this bank work more or fewer than 40 hours in a week, but they get their work done. Do we have a few bad apples? Every place does. Bring it DF, we right here!!!

Is 6 too short? How about 7 or 7.5? Will this be included in performance review?

Okay, most are not happy about the 8 hours. I have a serious question-- are people really busy 8 hours a day every day? Honestly? My work has highs and lows, sometimes I'm working 10-12+ hours/day, but in the low times I'm working less, and not... — read more