#policy

I understand anything on MS teams can be searched by management but how long before a message is archived/ deleted and can't be seen on the employee end? ie "We've deleted older messages due to your org's retention policy"

It seems like I'm missing messages in my MS teams.

A new initiative being rolled out to meet 24hr deadline for Medicaid and DSNP TATs is for RNs in the state of issue to work weekends but our nurses that are out of states are not being forced to do so. You can not make 1/2 your team work weekends and holidays if the other half because of residency out of state conflicts with CMA guidelines. This is complete cr-p! How do you justify that??

Let’s hypothetically say I was texting my friend saying that Fidelity is a bad place to work for, or other things negative about Fidelity. Things like “Fidelity su-ks”, “this is a trash a-s company”, or other reasons why Fidelity su-ks. And then someone shows Fidelity HR my comments about me complaining about Fidelity.

In this hypothetical situation, could I get fired for that? Thanks in advance.

That’s been its sole purpose since it started sweeping through the corporate world. Any company with a real long-term outlook would keep flexibility, as it builds a thriving, creative, and dedicated workforce. RTO, on the other hand, is designed to make people quit out of inconvenience or sheer inability to comply. It’s the cheapest way to shed headcount. And the moment you hear words like “collaboration,” “belonging,” or any other corporate fluff used to justify RTO, you can be sure it’s 100% about cutting staff.

Bosses admit they’re using return-to-office mandates to trim down teams—without needing to announce layoffs

EXCLUSIVE: Media Buyers Block Publicis’ Epsilon SSP Over Data Leakage Concerns
WPP, IPG, Havas, and others sent media dollars and data to a rival—via Epsilon’s SSP

• In the notoriously complex digital advertising supply chain, some brands and their agencies have funneled money and data to rival publicisgroupe without knowing it.

• Media buyers fear that by unknowingly purchasing resold publisher inventory—routed through publicisgroupe's Epsilon-owned supply-side platform (SSP) to other SSPs in open-web auctions—they’ve both funded a competitor and revealed their audience targeting strategies.

• Epsilon SSP is the only major SSP on the market owned by an agency or holdco.

• Over the past 18 months, the media-buying arms of wpp, interpublicipg, dentsu, and havas—along with at least four independent agencies and one brand-side programmatic team—purchased ad inventory indirectly through Publicis’ Epsilon SSP.

• Some buyers are now blocking Epsilon SSP over concerns that, by transacting on the platform, they’ve not only funneled dollars to publicisgroupe but also exposed valuable data to a direct competitor.

• This data includes the amount they’re willing to spend on specific inventory, creative assets, and the audiences they’re targeting—signals these media buyers say could be used to gain a competitive advantage.

Publicis/Epsilon can't stop stealing

I haven’t heard anything from my boss or anyone in a long time regarding location strategy. Anyone have insights/updates?

Did anyone else get a random employee survey a few days ago. Essentially all questions asked a few months ago via third party survey but this survey came out via Microsoft forms and it isn’t anonymous. I thought that was weird.

Welp seems like we're in for a reorg soon. Heard from multiple people the roles they were hiring for got frozen.

Truist is winding down its mortgage servicing operations and transferring the portfolio to two new subservicing partners in phases throughout 2026 and 2027. If you work in mortgage, begin looking for other opportunities immediately.

Anyone get their ERP paperwork yet? If so, does it mention a salary increase during the severance period?
I remember reading that it is tiered by job level.

Hyundai's $7.6 billion pivot hits major snag

https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/hyundai-billion-pivot-us-immigration-raid

Hyundai CEO publicly responds to immigration raid for the first time

This week, Hyundai CEO Jose Muñoz responded to the raid for the first time, detailing just how much of a setback the issue will be for the company.

"For the construction phase of the plants, you need to get specialized people. There are a lot of skills and equipment that you cannot find in the United States," Muñoz said from the sidelines during an automotive conference in Detroit, according to

I was just laid off yesterday. Does anyone know Gainwell corporate address and phone number? I need it to apply for unemployment.

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/lawsuit-says-musks-tesla-hires-visa-holders-instead-americans-so-it-can-pay-less-2025-09-12/

Lawsuit says Musk's Tesla hires visa holders instead of Americans so it can pay less

..."The complaint said Tesla is dependent on holders of H-1B visas
, opens new tab for skilled workers, including in 2024 when it hired an estimated 1,355 visa holders while laying off more than 6,000 workers domestically, "the vast majority" believed to be U.S. citizens.
Tesla, based in Austin, Texas, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The lawsuit was brought by software engineer Scott Taub and human resources specialist Sofia Brander, who said Tesla refused to hire them after learning they would not need sponsorship for employment, an indication they were U.S. citizens.
Taub said he was dissuaded from seeking one job after being told it was for "H1B only," and not invited to interview for a second job. Brander said Tesla wouldn't interview her for two jobs though she had twice been a contract employee."

The complaint said Tesla is dependent on holders of H-1B visas, opens new tab for skilled workers, including in 2024 when it hired an estimated 1,355 visa holders while laying off more than 6,000 workers domestically, "the vast majority" believed to be U.S. citizens.

About the Project

Alien: American Dream Denied spotlights the emotional journey of high-skilled, documented immigrants as they seek permanence in a country that benefits from their talent, but denies them a home.

America's competitive edge in science and technology depends heavily on high-skilled immigrants from around the world. Yet, while headlines inundate us with the challenges at America's borders, a different immigration issue has been unfolding within the country. The same talent that America depends on for continued success faces an uphill battle to remain as contributing residents.

The employment-based green card backlog has grown to 1.8 million people, and applicants from countries such as India face up to 195 years of waiting for green cards. Nearly 200,000 will likely die before they get out of the backlog. Over 250,000 minors risk deportation from the country they call home if they reach the age of 21 before their parents gain permanent residence.

Alien exposes the human toll of America’s dependence on high-skilled, legal immigrants and how the Indian ​immigrant community bears the heaviest burden. The film intimately follows five Indian high-skilled immigrants ​and their families as they build lives and families in this country in an uphill battle toward their American Dream...

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/177Kq4v3B4/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Why do they need to send a verification code to the phone when we've already verified in store for and pushed click to call? When the customer doesn't have a phone because it possibly broken, it becomes an hour on the phone and yelling at the Indians. Fix this since you won't listen to us on surveys that are "anonymous"

Events got impacted back in June of this year. AI can now handle live Events!

Is this idea realistic? Not sure if a current manager would deny if I try applying for another role within TIAA if our team is short staffed.

There was a huge push for sales performance across the company over the Black Friday in July 2025 sale and NO ONE who performed well over that weekend has been paid their sales contest winnings! Since July!!! I fear Wayfair’s plan is to fire many of us before they need to make those payouts. Our hourly workers make well below the poverty level in terms of pay. Many make such low pay their families have to seek state food aid and Medicaid to care for their children. We work hard for those contest winnings to offer our families something special outside of a super tight household budget. Just a really sad insult to hard working people.

Has the sale of the boca location closed yet and for how much ? The tax bill on the sale is gonna be a big one just like the sale of NY office.

https://www.businessinsider.com/att-system-for-tracking-employees-rto-compliance-2025-9

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...

There’s literally nothing else to it.

AT&T tracked employee attendance to find 'freeloaders.' Now, it admits the system is driving workers to the 'brink of frustration

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/t-tracked-employee-attendance-freeloaders-095701036.html

AT&T is dialing down its use of a controversial attendance tracking system for enforcing its RTO policy.

The so-called presence report uses a combination of inputs to log employees' time in the office.

The company's CMO says its goal of finding "freeloaders" has been met, though trust issues remain.

AT&T is reducing its reliance on an employee-attendance tracking system, admitting to workers that it hasn't been fully accurate and is "driving people to the brink of frustration."

The system, known internally as presence reporting, automatically tracks the hours workers spend at their assigned office. Most are required to log at least eight hours a day, five days a week, on-site.

Go read on the Chevron board—-looks like they are going to have to be in the office 4 days/week beginning January 1st.

Will Shell in the US follow? I think there may be space issues in the UK, so I don’t think they can implement it there,

Can someone tell me how to report a safety issue here? I have asked several people and get a who cares, nothing will be done. WTF people. Anybody, I really mean can anybody tell me who to call?

What do you think of H1b's in business orgs without business degrees and moving from Tech. H1b's are specialized skills got for special areas like Tech and shouldn't change roles. Can we report them to USCIS ?

I regret not EOI’ing, can we change our mind before the selection meetings? - real question.

Do not commit time fraud. Don’t give any reason to be fired. Good luck

The company and John Stankey have made it clear that the direction is for employees to be colocated in Dallas. It doesn’t make sense for us to operate and keep open hubs or offices across the U.S. for a distributed workforce. Either relocate to Dallas or quit.

And none of this nonsense of I work in a (fake) hub located in LA, St Louis, or Arkansas city. I have specialized skills or deliver exceptional value nonsense. We run a dynamic customer-facing business, tackling large-scale, challenging initiatives. This is why we work in person, together in Dallas, during common working hours. If working in another city is important to you, then do it for some other company.

In case you all needed another reason to hate your jobs, here’s a fun treat for those who are going into the new Lake Mary, FL office that opens next week. HR has confirmed swipe out badge readers have been installed, and advised “Elevance expects all associates to remain on-site for the duration of the workday.”

This should be done long time ago!

Has anyone else received a request to complete a background check? What did it include, and what specifically are they checking for?….. seems off

The power sways in the direction of management again. Is this new mandate being broadly implemented across the bank or are only some divisions being held to the four day a week in office standard?

Story by Jessica Coacc

Rather than trimming down headcounts by enforcing layoffs, business leaders from across the U.S. told the Federal Reserve Beige Book they’re hoping that upping their in-person requirements will do the job.

The Fed Beige Book report, published eight times a year, summarizes current economic conditions across the 12 Federal Reserve Districts. It is based on interviews with business leaders, economists, and other local contacts for a real-time look at the economy.

The report highlighted that multiple districts this month have “encouraged” attrition with return-to-office mandates.

A separate survey of 849 managers reveals 3 in 10 companies will require employees to work in-office five days a week by the end of the year, driven by corporate shifts and new regulations. Meanwhile, more than half of Fortune 100 desk workers already have workplaces with fully in-office policies, according to new data from real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle.

Just yesterday, tech giant Microsoft said its employees will be required to go back into the office 3 days per week. Though Microsoft has had rounds of letting people go this year, Amy Coleman, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, assured employees in a memo yesterday “this update is not about reducing headcount,” and instead is “about working together in a way that enables us to meet our customers’ needs.”

Workers aren’t sold on badging in—but the grass may not be greener on the other side
Almost half of workers say that if their employer no longer allowed them to work from home, they would be unlikely to stay at their job, including about a quarter who say they’d be very unlikely to stay, according to a 2025 poll by Pew Research Center.

But even for the workerks who ditch their jobs in response to more days commuting to the office, the grass might not be greener on the other side of the corporate job market.

Across the white collar job market, employment has looked increasingly frozen for job seekers. Non-degree earners like bartenders and baristas in hospitality jobs are seeing bigger wage growth than office workers right now, as demand for in-person job experiences has surged post-pandemic.

Another nail in the coffin? AI. The Fed’s Beige Book also referenced the technology that is assisting organizations with silently trimming down headcount.

Bosses have previously admitted RTO mandates were to make staff quit, but some workers are ignoring the new rules
Though the Fed’s research was published last week, it’s not the first time CEO’s have admitted RTO mandates were meant to make staff quit.

In 2024, a survey of over 1500 U.S. managers found that a quarter of C-suite executives hoped for some voluntary turnover among workers after implementing a RTO policy—with one in five HR professionals admitting their in-office policy was meant to make staff quit.

But even though bosses are the ones making their staff come back in, they’re the ones who are notably zooming in on in-person meetings themselves. In fact, 93% of CEOs say they don’t go into the office full-time and have instead adopted flexible working patterns.

And despite employers sending out email memos on new mandates, a report from Resume Builder found that 1 in 5 workers are ignoring their new in-person policies too.

https://fortune.com/2025/09/10/bosses-using-return-to-office-mandates-to-trim-down-teams-without-needing-to-announce-layoffs/

What are the justifications for entire orgs like Torretta to be set to NVW? Wtf? Someone’s gotta bring this injustice to light man! This ain’t fair! We all know none of us actually need to be in an office, why did they get an exception?

So what do you do? Move to Dallas or Not ? Its really that simple