#policy

Leadership keeps blaming policies like tariffs, and international issues like diesel, aluminum, and such prices.

Meanwhile, KO sells products for cheaper, and is performing well with share and stock.

The difference is not that consumers got more price sensitive. Did it hurt? Yes. But it's obviously not the main culprit.

And meet the 8 hour per day average for that week?

I keep seeing that pop up in several threads, is that the case?

So there are managers and many employees in California who were hired remote before the mandate, are they required to go into office because a few women that work from there are always away running errands etc and they barely do anything

Heard senior leadership is fed up and RTO is moving to 8x5pm Mon-Fri at your assigned site. This allows management 100% visibility into arrival time and departure time. The policy will be simplified to 8x5x5 to ensure clarity

Anyone notice the salary grades seem to have lower maxes? Policy portal says it was updated 2 months ago.

New policy was just sent out. Turns out the rumors here about policing coffee badgers were actually legit. Who woulda thunk?

New policy announcement on the way from KB - project go live dates to be written into the contracts, and if FIS delivers late, the client gets their money back. What could possibly go wrong?

applies to jerry? asking for a friend.

In response to the findings, Lauren Bis, a White House spokesperson, told Newsweek that the new fee was about "putting the American worker first" by protecting them from being replaced by foreign labor.

“The $103,000 fee discourages companies from spamming the system and focuses the program on its purpose of providing truly highly specialized temporary labor," Bis said. "There is no shortage of American minds and hands to grow our labor force, and President Trump’s agenda to create jobs for American workers represents this Administration’s commitment to capitalizing on that untapped potential.”

So, now people have six weeks. No carryover to next year.

Lots of people lost a lot of accrued PTO, which would have been paid out.

Btw, starts 10/1, and if you’ve already used six weeks, but have more time off scheduled, your manager has dispersion to take it away.

are there diff policies on this?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/09/21/trump-enacts-additional-immigration-policies-against-h-1b-visa-holders/

https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/h-1b-specialty-occupations

If I am sick or take PTO one day a week, do I still come in three days or are two days ok?

I mean how low can we go.

They have a new rule once you leave imperial you can’t even come back as contractors.

TRP is finally requiring groups that have been working fully remote to return to the office four days a week, bringing them in line with the rest of the workforce. For once, the company’s talk about treating employees equally appears to be reflected in its policy.

Every day, American workers face discrimination simply because they’re American.
Laid off and told to train your replacement who is a guest worker visa holder or GCC employee? Passed over for promotions, excluded, or harassed just because you’re American?
That’s national origin discrimination. It’s illegal, and the EEOC is fighting back to protect workers of ALL races who are American.
EEOC Chair, Andrea Lucas.
https://www.eeoc.gov/discrimination-against-american-workers-against-law

How are you notified if you're on PTO?

Interesting stuff. I hope gunjan gets fired and deported after this.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/enhancing-program-integrity-and-integrity-and-interagency-coordination-in-the-administration-of-the-h-1b-nonimmigrant-visa-program/

Just wanted to check, will there be any more changes to the pto policy going forward? Is there a max limit on how many days can be used for a bereavement leave? Is there a vesting schedule for our bereavement days? Is it based on length of service? Do we accrue at different rates based on the relation of the family member (parent vs grandparent)?

This is for folks who lost their jobs to a cheaper, younger drone in Frisco with an H1-B visa.

President Trump just signed a new executive order today regarding the timing of layoffs and H-1B visa hiring. Federal agencies are now directed to consider whether an H-1B sponsoring employer laid off similarly situated American workers during the previous year or plans to lay them off in the future.

Also...

The Labor Department has 30 DAYS to begin reviewing previously submitted H-1B Labor Condition Applications to determine whether action against sponsoring employers is warranted.

Think about the implications.

A company lays off thousands of American workers. Then turns around and says it needs H-1B workers. The government is now explicitly being told LOOK AT THE companies layoff patterns. This is exactly the question companies should have been forced to answer all along. I hate to say it, but this is a good and welcome decision from the President. I hope it doesn't get ki-led by injunctions from judges. (Who will NEVER lose their job to cheap foreign labor willing to relocate from some 3rd world shirthole to Frisco, Texas because it's a step up.

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?

The Walt Disney Company is reportedly demanding that some remote tech and product employees return to the office four days a week. Those who do not comply with this mandate may face termination. This policy is not new, as Disney announced a similar requirement in March 2023. The current enforcement appears to be targeting employees who have remained fully remote. This move comes as the company emphasizes the importance of in-person collaboration for creativity and career development.

Burbank, California

https://www.disneyfanatic.com/disney-reportedly-tightens-return-to-office-enforcement-for-remote-staff-el1/

I just got off the phone with lantern before a procedure I was gonna have done (removal of tumor) and they said I have to go through one of their providers-- that have less than 1% complication rate.

I never called because the card says "bariatric surgery required" now they wanna slow everything down and start the whole consult all over again delaying my procedure.

I dont know what to do, what is even the point of that- seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

This isn’t going to change

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

I wasn't aware until recently that severance is not law-mandated. What's to stop this leadership from offering it? It's not something that would surprise me at this point.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are preparing to propose a rule that would eliminate an existing grace period for visa holders who can't find a job, according to an unpublished document posted to the Federal Register.

Under current immigration laws, holders of certain visas, particularly H-1B visas, which are non-immigration visas that allow employers to sponsor skilled workers with Bachelor's degrees or higher, get a 60-day grace period to find a new job if they lose the employment tied to their visa.
The new rule proposal would eliminate that grace period, according to the document.

"This proposal restores a direct relationship between an alien’s nonimmigrant status and the specific employment or activity that formed the basis of his or her admission or grant of status in the United States and reduces administrative burden," the document reads.

A noncitizen would have to immediately leave the U.S. if no longer working for an employer linked to a visa status if the rule were to be implemented.
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Source for the above:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-proposes-ending-60-day-grace-period-job-loss-h-1b-visa-holders

Why is the RTO only to certain locations while other locations are enjoying lyf?

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.

U.S. Bank’s culture increasingly feels built around one assumption: employees cannot be trusted.

Track IP addresses because people might not be working where they say they are.

Crack down on medical accommodations because someone might be abusing the system.

Centralize / eliminate Business Resource Groups because employees might be spending too much time on work that doesn’t directly produce output.

That is Theory X management: assume the worst, increase control, reduce autonomy, monitor more closely.

The problem is that policies designed around the small percentage of employees who might abuse trust eventually punish the employees who earned it.

And once people realize they are being managed as potential problems instead of valued professionals, engagement dies very quickly.

You can force compliance.

You cannot surveil people into caring.

Some teams may have already been subjective to for a few months this but official communications have surfaced the power apps In Office Insights portal.

Policy is 4 days in office.

Out of compliance may get disciplinary action, hit on performance rating, termination….

One of Humana’s main competitors, United announced today that they are going to drop the requirement for prior authorization for a broad range of procedures.

Question to you Humana, will you match your competitor and follow suit???

What is TD banks policy on parental leave for those under a year service in the US? Has anyone experienced this? Are they usually understanding?

Doesn't fix the offshore problem, but this is a start! https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17324/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions

Doesn't fix the offshore problem, but this is a start!

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/25/2026-17324/fee-for-certain-h-1b-petitions

Why we keep blaming H1B when things do not work the way we want it to be. H1B is HERE to stay like it or Not! Corporations will always follow the money, any company who can do it cheaper will follow the money. It is too late for the golden age...Let's leave H1B alone and move forward. Worry about your Family, Loves ones and put food on the table for once!

In organizational psychology, cronyism is directly linked to "ingratiation"—the practice of employees using flattery or sycophancy to win favors from a boss rather than performing high-quality work.The Proof: Peer-reviewed regression analysis indicates a massive positive correlation (β = 0.553, p < 0.001) between organizational cronyism and toxic ingratiation strategies. When an anti-cronyism policy is instituted and paired with objective, merit-based metrics, subsequent employee tracking shows a sharp decrease in sycophancy and a measurable rise in overall objective productivity.