#remotework

I've heard rumors going back a few years that employees will eventually be required to work in the same location as their manager. Is this still the plan?

Has anyone entered a temporary WFH request through Sedgwick? If so can you tell me how the process works? From what I was reading it says that Sedgwick will initiate a dialogue with you about the needs and ask information. It also said sometimes if it’s a first request, they may not need a doctors note. Is that correct? Tell me without details, of course what that conversation was like? thanks all.

After the initial messaging of the RTO a few months ago our VP effectively told our org that we would exempt from the RTO for now. He also said he couldn’t guarantee that wouldn’t change at some point in the future, but for now at least the end of year RTO (as it was phrased at the time) did not apply to us and we would be staying remote friendly. No clue how many other teams or orgs were told something similar, or if it even still holds (haven’t heard anything one way or the other since the all hands last Thursday). Anyone hearing if the RTO is truly a blanket policy after most recent announcement with the Jan date provided ?

To those of you called back to office saying you’ll be in zoom calls all day.

Unfortunately you won’t. With RA and AB shipping all jobs to ITC you will be on calls from home starting at 6am, drive into office to waste time, and then drive home to be in calls all night.

Tech leaders, most whom are still in other states will continue to ask why things are getting worse and not better.

Biz will be screaming at you as to why no one is around to fix the multiple tech issues.

Then you’ll be told to go to all hands where tech leaders have no passion for sports and have mc’s that dance at the all hands after announcing layoffs.

Bring headphones and enjoy your family while you can. It’s awful here. Campus is pretty, but you can’t put lipstick on a pig.

3 more tech vp’s hired last week to lead who knows what. Millions paid to lousy vendors. Most good engineers have been laid off and half the people left don’t know what their role is after the last reorg.

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?

Looks like any remote IT staff are being called onsite 5x a week

Seriously, it’s draining and exhausting the commute is adding 3 hours to my day that’s brutally unfair.
When can we start hearing a relaxation on this nonsense and allow employees have some autonomy?
No one hours in FT anymore this is primitive barbaric snd selfish.

I heard some teams are bringing remote workers back to the office? How does that work?

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

80% of it I've worked remotely and received promotion.

The other 20%, I still work remotely, I just do it from their designated cubical in downtown trafficville.

I literally can’t find a seat in the office. The Workplace app is useless. It shows the next three weeks as fully booked.
At this point, I just walk around the office, can’t find a space, and leave. If they’re actually tracking hours based on badge-out time, I’m sc--wed.
It’s pretty ridiculous that the RTO policy is pushing people to come into the office when there literally isn’t a seat for them to work at.

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

In my manager is remote, and I just stopped going in and was working from home, how long until they get the reporting?

The amount being spent on co-locations and flying remote employees in just to meet badge-swipe requirements has to be off the charts.
How does it make financial sense to let go of employees who were already local to an office, while retaining remote employees whose RTO compliance now requires additional travel and related expenses?
And then there’s leadership. The number of VPs and directors who remain remote while employees are being pushed into the office four days a week raises a pretty obvious question: why isn’t the same standard being applied consistently?
FHFA has been vocal about RTO and waste, fraud, and abuse. Maybe it’s worth looking a little closer to home. If reducing waste and improving accountability are truly the goals, start by examining the cost of these arrangements, the decisions that created them, and whether the RTO expectations being imposed on employees are also being applied to leadership. Sometimes the backyard needs cleaning before you start inspecting everyone else’s.

How is it fair that everyone is required to return to office 3 days when some are still eligible to work remotely. It should be the same across the board. There is a manager in TA who is remote and her employees are in office. Lots of favoritism. There is no way someone in a manager role should be remote.

Yes or No.

You can’t be effective working remotely.

But having a whole a-s campus in India is gonna make things more efficient.

Totally makes sense.

So positions are going to the Philippines and basically no longer a MN company. What was the point of RTO should have just left us to wfh

ALL remote workers currently at Intel either get to a site by Nov 15 OR you no longer work for Intel. This is another way to reduce the headcount there is still a fair amount of remote workers so that helps to get the employee numbers much lower.

Just curious - How long are y’all staying in the office each day?

• I was already working from home two or three days a week before COVID.
• Dell had remote and hybrid work long before COVID.
• I was remote well before COVID.
• Gas, tolls, parking, and vehicle wear make RTO expensive.
• I was saving hundreds of dollars a month working from home.
• I am more productive without constant office interruptions.
• My home office has better equipment than the office.
• Most of my collaboration still happens on Teams even when I am in the office.
• There is not enough face-to-face collaboration to justify the commute.
• I reorganized my life around WFH.
• I invested in a dedicated home office.
• I have better control over my time working from home.
• I made major life decisions based on the previous remote-work policy.
• I bought a house based on being remote.
• I moved farther away because I was told remote work was permanent.
• I enrolled my kids in school based on where we moved.
• I sold a car because I no longer needed to commute.
• I can exercise at lunch instead of spending that time commuting.
• I have been fully remote for years. COVID had nothing to do with it.
• Dell previously encouraged remote work and then reversed the policy.
• Some remote employees do not even have an office to return to.
• I worked longer hours and was more available when I was remote.
• My commute is now two hours each way.
• I am not spending four hours a day commuting.
• Now I consider my commute part of my workday.
• The problem is not returning to how things were before COVID. Things were already hybrid or remote before COVID.

If someone was already commuting to an office before COVID, why is going back such a big deal now? I get that it's tough for people hired during the pandemic, but if you did it before, what's actually different? My case is different as I joined relatively recently and I used to work at the place that never switched to working from home (aside for a brief period during COVID).

I could deal with the RTO, but having to fight for a place to sit every single time? Is it the same everywhere?

On top of the recent layoffs, they are forcing return to office, 5 days. In the middle of when gas prices soaring. People asked “are we getting adjustments, extra PTO for when we can’t afford to come in?” And they were berated for ridiculous questions because it “didn’t sound like it was for the students?” Joke of an answer. Gaslight their employees for asking HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SURVIVE!!! Keep in mind, they hired Florida wide. And revoked remote privileges/exceptions for them and said “come in with a 6 hour total commute or quit.” One even suggested their $20/hr employee just “up and move” because “Full Sail shouldn’t cater to you”. That came from a higher up male 6-figures. I know a few people truly affected because of pregnancies and cancers. And it was basically “too bad, so sad”. No remorse. And Garry “Sc--w You All” Jones. They told us that it was because parents were complaining that campus was empty (apparently that is worthy of giving people less than a month to find a job). But I know this will be a shock. It has been planned for years. They couldn’t find the right time and apparently their best option was $5 gas prices and groceries increasing every month was beneficial to all. THEY DONT CARE! Plus their accreditation for a few programs are being questioned (and probably revoked) unless they find a way to scam their way out of it. And I could be wrong. Maybe Garry Jokes will let his employees stay in his actual mansion that those people worked hard for him to get. That is not even the tip of the iceberg. The corruption and nepotism runs much much MUCH deeper.

When there is no space to assign, why these leads asking to come to office. App shows all space is booked.

I absolutely hate large group zoom workshops. Especially when the “key” people travel and are in the room and everyone else can’t get a word in edgewise. The raise hand feature is totally ignored and people just talk over the remote attendees. Meanwhile the loudest know it alls who actually know nothing dominate the discussion and don’t let anyone else speak.. What a waste of my time.

i was selected for a remote tech position as a contractor and waiting for joing date . looking at the posts walmart encourages onsite work rather than remote ,

want to know if they keep contractrs for long term on remote ?

:(

Is this rumor true

Got the email end of day. Nashville office remotes meet on the 6th and Round Rock on the 8th. Any guesses?

So is the hybrid or remote working for part of the week just brushed under the carpet now, the question never even gets asked anymore at Townhalls
I assume it's just never going to change it will always just be 5 days in office.

Just gonna leave it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/17/barclays-staff-return-to-office-travel-working-from-home

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlym1n9kpyvo

More hiring, more h1bs, mid year bonus and remote work, ai and api first.

Will you have to be completely co-located at one or two main BU sites? For example what UCC is doing with making everyone be in Covington. Some BUs have functions that are mostly remote or associates who are based out of other BD sites that are not technically for the BU. Or will it just be R&D??

Ever since they rolled out this pos seat booking workplace app, I often wonder the brains behind this. The problem was bad earlier with people just booking (and blocking) even if they are not coming. But with RTO, there is no space left to book. What to do? Anybody encounters this? This is in Canada btw

They wouldn't be forcing us to drive to an office while gas prices are out of control.
The cost of commuting is such an unnecessary burden when we were highly effective as fully remote employees for 5 years!
Love doing more work for less money!

Did you return all your equipment when you left? I was remote and I have a monitor, tons of cords, laptop, headset, safe cards, badge, and a laptop backpack. Kinda wanna keep the backpack and badge. Can I? The instructions in the box says nothing about the badge

How's everyone complying with the new 8 hours/no consecutive remote day rules? How long are you staying in office? Any coffee badgers still? Lol

My department was recently told we’re being moved to another Wells Fargo location within the next few months. I currently live about five minutes from my office, but the new location will be roughly a 25–30 minute drive each way.

I’m trying to figure out the correct process for requesting a location exception to remain where I currently work. I’ve heard different things — some say go through your manager, while others say HR.

I’m not exactly optimistic about WF accommodating it given the direction they’ve taken lately with RTO, co-location, and flexibility, but I’m going to pursue it and at least make them explain why it makes sense to send me 30 minutes away when I currently work five minutes from home.

Has anyone recently requested a location exception? Who did you go through, and were you successful?

Serious responses only, please.

Or anyone wfh still wfh plan late meetings that impact us on the east coast?!!
It’s rude and self centered. Like get some sense of wherewithal. Would you like our early meeting be 630 am for you?! Oh no? Ok then use your brain and not your 🫏 to book meetings it’s bad enough I’m going broke on the commute and food coming in everyday. I don’t care to be late for the one home cooked meal called dinner waiting for me. 😡. Stupid waste of time effort and money but but it builds collaborating! B S 🐂💩