#policy

What happens if I’m on PTO the day they do layoffs? Will they call me on my personal phone, or wait until I’m back in office the next week?

My manager informed us that you will be penalized for taking PTO halfway through the day and leaving early since it will count as a day in office where you spent less than 8 hours.

This company really needs to get its act together and send out official information about this tracking. Nobody knows what the he-l is going on

Just when youthink HCSC can’t go any lower it does!! 😱😱😱 if you are mid professional and have been at HCSC under five years and live in Illinois good for you, you get three extra days a year. But for those that live in Texas and other states, you don’t!! I guess HCSC couldn’t level up the field of PTO to make it right.

Heard from grapevines that U.S. Bank is making moves to open GCCs (Global Capability Centers) of their own in Chennai and Hyderabad, in hush-hush deals. Could this be true? If so, HIRE (Halting International Relocation of Employment) Act, bill which was introduced in Congress on Sept-5th 2025 can’t come soon enough.

Check your states rules on WARN ACT: Some states now requires a 90-day notice before a mass layoff or the closure of a facility, a significant increase from the previous 60-day notice. The state's law, known as the (your state) WARN Act, now applies if 50 or more employees statewide are laid off and includes part-time workers in the count. If the 90-day notice is not provided, employers must pay an additional four weeks of severance pay in addition to the mandatory one week of severance per year of service.

Employer "establishment": The definition of an "establishment" has been expanded to include all facilities in (your state), and layoffs at different locations may need to be aggregated to meet the 50-employee threshold. This includes remote employees who report to a (your state) location.

Severance pay: In addition to the 90-day notice, employers must provide severance pay of at least one week for every year of service. If the 90-day notice is not given, an extra four weeks of severance pay must be provided.

After they started making threat, i cleared all my calls pre 9am calls so i could BE in the office 8 hours min. They want 9 to 5 in the office, that's what they get. I suggest all do the same.

Ford is all talk and no action. Those engineers that have been working from home in Michigan are still working from home. I don't see them at the office or the plants that I am working everyday. Ford should track their badge, when they swipe in and when they swipe out. Ford needs to terminate those that are no in compliance with the company policy. Follow the good example from Elon Musk, it works. Everyone are back to the office 5 days per week at Tesla.

Posted this here only because the same silly discussions are happening at Humana....
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https://unionrayo.com/en/ford-email-threat-employees-remote-work/
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Goodbye to remote work—Ford imposes strict policy and warns of layoffs for noncompliance
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Managers: “Work in the office OR ELSE HR will catch you! 🤬”

HR: “new managers misunderstand the policy and we have a 3rd party vendor, managers are notified of a trend before us”

So is the truth that managers get a higher bonus for people being in the office? Perfect attendance has done nothing positive for my career. Just makes it harder for me to do my job.

I predict that I’ll be terminated for cause. With decades of service, numerous awards and accolades, the company will use that to not pay my severance of six figures. All because I didn’t spend eight hours a day three days a week being a desk jockey in a cube farm.
I spent decades trying to perform exceptional service every single time. Focus used to be on getting the job and the projects completed.
This new form of micromanagement is challenging to navigate with so many new detailed company policies to observe.
I really used to like this company. My 9 to 5 was actually 5 to 9 as I found my work extremely gratifying.
So, if I don’t have any severance paperwork to sign with the disparagement clause, then hello social media, my new friends. I’ll be happy to tell the world about the inner workings I’ve seen over the past several decades. Stephen King, I might have a new horror story for you.

MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets
MST home dispatch tech use and abuse company assets. They drive 100K-200K bucket trucks to their home and back to their home garage everyday. Big V8 6.3 L engines use a lot of gas and insurance on top. Also, with MST high pay and only have .5 job per tech a day per tech how is that saving company money and liability.
There are rules to follow when joining home dispatch program. Following the rules helps save gas and time and wear and tear on a vehicle used to drive to work and to home. But MSTs abuse this program from driving to the garage every day and dispatching at the garage. Making a stop at the grocery store to grocery shop in the company vehicle before driving home. Not closing your last job at the job site and instead, drive home and being still dispatched on your work ticket and then closing the job when you arrive home. I follow the rules, and I do not want the home dispatch program to go away because of MSTs taking advantage of the abuse. Also, MST managers are favoring many MSTs and letting the home dispatch MSTs do what ever they want. STOP ABUSING THE HOME DISPATCH PROGRAM YOU MSTs. You know who you are...

I am new to this organization. Is mouse or activity tracking usual in a senior claims role?

Starting December, toll booths will be installed at the entrances to SOMO, Peak, Westlake and LT. The access charge will be $10/day or $100/month. They're making a toll to get around parking fee regulations.

The installations should be done by Q2.

Upset?

Good. Then why do you accept the same costs in virtual tolls for RTO?

Let’s see how many people are gone for made up issues that are buried in one of the million policies! Saves money not paying and losing your pension

Has anyone noticed the abundance of emailed attestations from the company notifying us that we must act like Peter Priesthood at all times, else suffer the consequences? In other words, we actually have to sign that we’re gonna behave like good little boys, girls and other identities…

It has been crickets and in the past it has been out there by now. What is the hold up or should I say what is the plan???

Corporate risk here. Got email from mangers , saying DF has directed managers must document their directs not meeting 8 hour requirement or 3 days (soon to be 4 days) in workday and have the employee sign it.

Now, wait for the shocker: any manager who fails to document it will be given “not meet” in performance rating.
Note : manager will be given “not meet”

Also, employee who has signed the first warning and continue to be non-compliant will be terminated.

I was one of those given the initial verbal warning few weeks ago.

How are they accurately measuring these? My coworker runs outside 6 times a day so does each time he badges in count towards his 12 day a month requirement? Does reporting show like 40 badge swipes?

Please be nice to the person you are working with! We want to help you! We have been given a directive that we are expected to follow. We are doing our best but volumes are high due to the new 8 hour requirement. Thank you.

Several of us are in the same situation. We all declined to relocate. Does anyone have any experience with approximately how long it took before they received the severance DocuSign email?

3 days per week, working 8 continuous hours a day. I heard it. Did you?

Do they cap it? Let's say someone worked here 40 years?

Has anyone been able to get unemployment benefits when voluntarily quitting? Is this an option. Asked ChatGPT but it answers differently every time I ask it.

Importing labor or importing goods, what's the difference?

There is no difference.

Good jobs are sent oversee and only execs and hedge funds benefit.

Stop destroying our worker and our country because of your greed.

Do they only confirm dates of employment and titles/salaries or has anyone known of an instance where they shared more (like reason for termination)? Thanks!

What's the rule for this or just point me where to look as I am unable to locate the information? I was planning to leave anyway but I'd rather take severance and my PTO.

People are rumbling at the support center about a change in bonus, making it a long-term incentive or something like that. Does anyone have a communication summary on that? I think it only went to Sr. Managers and up.

Req that was posted yesterday says “for all hires in Minneapolis, Virginia, Maryland, or Washington DC”. You will be required 4 days in office.

Has anyone heard for sure if exempt (professional and managers) are part of the 8 hour RTO requirement? It’s odd that exempts are not paid for working a specific number of hours, yet they’re requiring it by proxy through this RTO policy. I see that becoming a labor issue.

To be announced to certain groups on Friday.

Calendar abnormality or another way to sc--w over employees? Please discuss…

New PTO changes -

Most employees will not see any changes to their PTO accrual minimums or PSWD carryover maximums, and no employee will have fewer PTO or PSWD as a result of this change.  

· Illinois- and Nevada-based employees will have higher minimum PTO accruals (from 80 hours minimum to 104), while employees in California, Colorado, and Montana will have higher minimum PTO accruals (from 80 hours to 104) and higher PTO carryover maximums (up to 216 hours).  

So a big - 🖕🖕🖕🖕 we don’t think you’re worthy Texas folks.

Just got out of a meeting with a couple members of leadership. Announcement to come towards the end of October.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2025/10/09/trump-energy-cuts-could-affect-kentucky-evreportedly-weighing-major-cuts-to-kentucky-energy-projects/86570969007/

TL;DR:

The Trump administration terminated about $100 million in grant funding for the Ascend Elements battery plant in Kentucky.

Construction at the company's site is paused but is expected to restart in 2026.

Ascend Elements stated the grant termination does not change its trajectory and it will seek other funding sources.

Now that layoffs are starting when we hear on policy changes

It would seem obvious that the WARN Act will be dismantled shortly since the bill was introduced by a senator who would be shunned today, and passed by a completely different type of congress than we see today. Not surprisingly Reagan did not sign the bill.
No question today's administration will ensure corporations have as much power to layoff as many workers without so much as a grunt. Removing guardrails meant to protect employees is their goal. Pay attention.

I keep hearing that terms I reno became permanent. Also heard throughout california. How can I become permanent? How does that work? My local said unlikely but I can confirm Rwno nevada did it a few months ago. What's the workaround? If they allowed it it should be the norm now.

we have a state of emergency in the state and Jsoc still hasn't called for WFH for all. This is gonna be like July all over again.

We are asked to volunteer for different locations or functions but they do not ask you to volunteer as most managers are forced you do not have a choice.The only ones who have a choice are contractor like companies and such

Does Fiserv require 5 days a week in the office ?