#hybridwork

Did folks get the email earlier this week about in-person expectations? Any one have any additional info/insight?

How many people fall below the 3 days in the office metric?

I understand the EC managing expectation with hybrid in office expectations. 2 hours a day for 3 days per week isn’t going to cut it, completely agreed.

But to say leaving in the afternoon isn’t cutting it is too far gone. Just make up your mind. It’s either in office 3 days a week for 8 hours per day or not. If that so then let it be so.

I can’t stand when EC harps down on the plebs like they are less than thee when we all know that the EC is not spending the vast majority of the time in the office.

When do you think they are going to start letting all the remote go?

All at once or in waves to avoid bad press?

I really think she handled that poorly and the way it was presented was short sighted. Why would you say something like that and then expect your remote or even hybrid workforce to even care about their jobs anymore.

I've seen people mention hybrid and/or remote exceptions for spouses in the military. I only found this being available in times of relocating. Is that all Fidelity offers flexibility with?

Seeing a lot of variation: some groups on 3 days, many on 4, some exempt roles on 5 — seemingly at manager discretion. Plus badge-in to badge-out 8-hour tracking, week by week.

What's your group on, and has it changed this year?

Anyone have any insight for the new mile radius for the hybrid employee ??

Store ops just confirmed they're no longer flying remote people in for HQ core weeks so either they don't get to participate or virtual only. Looks like they plan to fully RTO 5 days a week by Q3 2027.

Has anyone else heard of other pyramids doing RTO?

Is it full time RTO or still 2 weeks a month?

Wanted to provide an update based on what was discussed in an executive meeting this week, given some of the questions that have been circulating.

Beginning in 2027 there may be one or two modest adjustments to headcount. These would be targeted and limited in scope rather than another broad reduction. Any changes would follow the usual planning and review process and would be communicated through leaders and the normal channels. Nothing is being finalized at this stage.

Separately, we are introducing a self directed team hybrid structure. Teams will have more flexibility to determine their own in office days based on the nature of the work and what the team needs to deliver. The baseline will be a minimum of three days in the office for most roles, with two days for IT so those teams can stay aligned with ENGINE. Individual teams will work through the details locally rather than having a single calendar applied across the company.

This approach is built on the FlexYes model that has been in place in the ABU Australian business unit. That experience showed that giving teams more ownership of their schedule can still support collaboration and delivery when there are clear minimums in place.

Further details will be shared with leaders as planning continues. In the meantime please continue working with your supervisor on current schedules and expectations.
Thank you.

Source: https://drjustinbateh.com/in-the-media/

You're 31% less likely to get promoted.

Your output has nothing to do with it.

Fully remote workers get promoted 31 percent less often.

Hybrid workers keep pace with everyone in the office.

Nine ways proximity bias shows up before anyone calls it that:

1/ Task assignments go to whoever's visible
→ New work lands on people nearby, by habit
→ Not on whoever's actually best suited
→ Visibility substitutes for evaluation

2/ Casual hallway trust becomes career currency
→ Quick chats build familiarity fast
→ Familiarity gets mistaken for competence
→ Remote work simply can't produce as many of them

3/ Managers forget who isn't in the room
→ Nearly half admit forgetting remote workers exist
→ Not maliciously, just by default
→ Out of sight quietly becomes out of the plan

4/ Layoffs cut the people they know least
→ Decisions get easier without a face attached
→ Remote workers are 35 percent more likely to be cut
→ Distance makes the hard call feel less personal

5/ Executives openly reward showing up
→ Favorable assignments go to in-office effort
→ Raises and promotions follow the same pattern
→ Location becomes a hidden line item in the decision

6/ Mentorship happens where the mentor already is
→ Advice flows to whoever's easiest to reach
→ Remote workers get less of it by default
→ Growth compounds unevenly for reasons unrelated to skill

7/ Calibration meetings run on memory, not data
→ The names people can picture get discussed first
→ The ones they can't, get discussed last, if at all
→ Memory favors whoever occupies physical space

8/ Hybrid workers dodge the penalty entirely
→ Same flexibility, none of the promotion gap
→ The problem isn't remote work itself
→ It's being fully absent from the room where it counts

9/ Visibility becomes something you have to engineer
→ Waiting for fairness doesn't close the gap
→ Documenting wins and showing up where decisions happen does
→ The bias doesn't disappear, but it can be out-worked

Proximity bias doesn't ask if your work was good. It just asks if anyone happened to see it.

There is a rumor around the Irving office saying that the hybrid model will be shifting on October 1st to 3 days a week (not new) but also have 8 hours a day minimum counted and holidays and PTO would no longer count as in in office day.

Anyone else hear similar?

I want to know if anyone knows FACTUAL intel information like if IP tracking will become retroactive or enforced or if more days will be required

Reversing policies to relax RTO is even better

Just the beginning of Groundhog Day for us all?! This is the daily grind personified.
I just think after 6 years of ft wfh and then hybrid this is going to be a really difficult slope to scale after a couple of months with no let us except an errant holiday or vacation day?
What were they thinking?!!
I’m exhausted just thinking about how tedious this gets and how arduous it is after a long day.
It doesn’t help and it’s not political because gas dollar for dollar was higher under Carter obamma and even joe much higher but it’s painful at the pump. The average on today’s dollar would be between $5-6 on average.

I was watching TV, and saw a workplace where people showed up to an office where they had their own desk, in some cases an office, where they interacted with their team in the physical world, where in person meetings were the norm, and where the job was tactile and real. What happened to that? Is what we get paid enough to give up basic expectations for work? Is the standard now just showing up for work at a stand up/sit down hot desk just to jump on meetings on teams with no real human interaction? When did something mundane on TV like "the Office" become a fantasy? I realize the traders at Helios might not care, but since my bonus isn't in the high six figures I want something more.

So…. Thoughts on the RTO expectations that shake out to 3/4 times per week? In case you didn’t see: 14 days per month. 4 days have to be M or F.

Asking for a friend who is expecting an offer.

Is it 2 days per week ? Or can done 4 days a week and skip full next week ?

Are there any min hours in office requirement ? Or is coffee badging ok ?

Newer to the company have there been any talks of RTO?

Seems like employees received an email where they can no longer work 2 consecutive days WFH and need to be in the office for a 'full day'.... will TIAA be next? Anyone here have any insights or heard anything?

Will all the dinosaurs will go extinct after RTO ? or they will flourish ?

I spend at least 8 hours in the office on my in person days. Is that necessary?

Employee repeatedly took leave on Mondays and Fridays, coming to office only 3 days a week. Issue was reported to HR instead of manager. HR involvement was good.

Does Sammy Sun not believe that CFS needs to “collaborate” as much as CUSA?

What happened to “One Canon”, “Transform as One”, “Lead as One”, “Grow as One”, etc….Whatever regurgitated slogans they come up with the word one in it.

This company is filled with hypocrisy and incompetency. They should make CFS come in to Burlington on Thursdays & Fridays. Simple fix.

But oh no, boo hoo, they don’t want to make them come in on Fridays. Or maybe, Wednesdays are to be designated as the big pow wow day for CFS & CUSA to get together to sing “Kumbaya, My Lord” around the campfire and do the Limbo Rock?

Whether it’s Google, office consolidations, pricing…this company botches everything.

Hybrid work should be evaluated on outcomes and deliverables, not solely on days in office or commute distance. If managers are meeting their commitments and supporting their teams effectively, a 2-day in-office cadence can be reasonable under current policy. Where concerns exist, they’re best addressed through documented feedback via HR or leadership channels, rather than informal assumptions. Let’s keep the focus on accountability and results for everyone, at every level.

Anyone else on a “hybrid” team where their entire management chains lives 2.5 hours or more from the office? my management chain is cheating the company- they dont like commuting so they show up around 10am, leave at 2pm, and barely do anything. how is this allowed? when will HR fire people like this? my director joins meetings from recreational events and encourages us all to cheat Verizon. basically if we dont tell on him- he wont tell on us. somewhat new to the company and the behavior of leaders here is atrocious. my AD is similar. he always takes off friday

I’ve been hearing rumors about a 3 days in-office requirement, with Mondays and Fridays remote. Any truth to that?

What would happen if everyone just walked out on the day they started the return to the office and refused to go back till they put things back to hybrid or remote? I mean, if everyone left, they would have to negotiate with us... Cause I don't think they can fire everyone. Like, even if some of the other offices walked out in solidarity?

I know this is a fever dream, but they would be so sc--wed if everyone organized and pushed back on this.

Besides basking ridge and hidden ridge, how many people still have offices to report to for GNT? So sub markets still have hub offices? I think it’s ridiculous those that live near office have to go in 3 days week and some people are fully remote (same teams//same roles)

If I take one day of vacation, does that count as an office day?

Need a bit of math help here - What's larger: -23% or +76%?

For example, if one company grew in value about 76% and the other grew negative 23% in value, who grew more? To make it a bit easier, you chose some fixed time fame and let's keep it in the industry, so let's make tmobile be 76 and att be -23...

Finally, once I understand what's larger, I'd like to see which factors cause numbers to differ. For example, if tmobile has a hybrid WFH system, and att is having all employees come be in the office all the time, would someone analyzing the numbers difference, be able to establish some kind of correlation here.

thank you!

Anyone have any insight on the new CEO’s feelings about remote and/or hybrid work?

I hate that I’m on teams meetings all day glued to my desk. Love my work and position, hate being stuck at my desk to not interact with anyone in person

Are you guys still doing 35 days per quarter? Disclosure: I work for a competitor and was just curious (comparing it with 5/wk that we have)

Nothing and I mean nothing scares ppl investing with any bank more than turmoil and unrest.
They are really pushing for massive layoffs done by silent workers being threatened long insane hours and excessive workloads.
They WANT this to happen. Jump ship get the he-l out let them sink like State Street did.
They deserve their misery gaslighting employees. Reneging on five years of hybrid.
Abby is cooked she’s lost her way they’re going for the big sell out why taking about 25% in the wake.
She wants insane type A hyped up employees or the massively linear Indian and African workers willing to do this workload for Pennie’s on the dollar to escape genocide or sepsis in the streets.
This is tectonic.

Heard there are changes coming to WPE . What is it, 4 days a week or non consecutive days in the office?

In *** Bratislava. This company is a joke and hates the American people.

"This position is hybrid, and you may be expected to go into Bratislava office 2+ days per week."

Amidst the firm forcing HO associates back in 4x per week and removing flexibility for hours in-office, I’m seeing a new LinkedIn marketing push today from those at Edward Jones, targeting FAs. It includes a picture saying “Flexibility + work/life balance”, and the content says the following:

“High-intensity sales roles often demand relentless travel, long hours, and constant availability. It's no surprise that many top performers are seeking more flexibility-without losing meaningful work.
Advisors transitioning from sales value having control over their schedule, fewer reactive cycles, and more time to focus on client relationships-not constant hustle.
If you're looking for a career that gives you space to breathe while still challenging you, this might be the right move.”

I get what they’re going for, but it feels like salt in the wound as a HO associate. But hey, I guess according to DC we should be grateful to have our jobs, right?

Specifically in tech? Cyber? Systems analyst? I've heard of a few but not sure if any specific team

I hear from multiple sources an announcement will be made end of May, effective after Labor Day. Four days a week in the office if you have an assigned seat. You will have to attest to compliance with the policy. Three non-consecutive days in the office if you reserve your space. True? I guess time will tell. Just passing along some rumors hoping to compare notes with what others are hearing.

Many of us who have been around for a minute remember how universally Tipsord wasn’t liked. Dude had the bedside manner of Dr House.

But many us held out hope that Farney would take us back to the old State Farm. The one Ed led. Farney is trying to make some legacy of AI and bad faith. With RICO charges pending in Oklahoma, a Congressional DOJ investigation led by Senator Hawley, and the botched California handling - how is our company worth what it is? You can’t get promoted unless you drink the kool-aid and now they expect if you live within 180 miles of the HUBs you can commute. The new hybrid is trash but dang imagine living in Tucson AZ and having to commute to Phoenix