#rto

I am already hearing leaders whisper about another WPE review being done and an update in the talks about more back in office days. Is this just gossip at my site or can anyone confirm they may be right??

Are there more rumors of a more days being enforced with regard to return to office for next year? With gas being so expensive everywhere, how does that make sense.

I enjoy the work and have no problem doing it 40+ hours /week. What is quickly driving me insane is spending hours in traffic every day to do the same job I know I can do the same, if not better, without the drive when all of your work is on a computer. Gas is too expensive and Dearborn/metro Detroit su-ks to commute in. On top of that, shame on Ford for making all of their employees come in 4 days for over a year now without proper seating and planning.

My 31st service anniversary was 7 months ago. I've never heard a rude word directed toward me from my L3 until this year, and today was the the 3rd time since January. It made me angry and I interrupted him without thinking and told him to stop talking to me as if I was one of his ignorant children. I have 31 years of service, blah, blah, blah. Is this the new style of leadership with RTO? Anyone else seeing an increase in rude behavior from our leadership?

Been wondering how many people got into a low mileage lease based on WFH & now are like ohhhh fxck!

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

We were told there is a renewed call for MN and DC offices rto. Managers will get more reporting and will have employees on it that are 3.5 days per week or less in a rolling 12 week period.

My read: this is another marker that will determine who gets put on future rif list

Transferred from FB Retirement page - I was surplused recently, prior to that I had to travel significantly due to RTO. I am now being approached by a journalist to discuss my experiences.
For those that were surplused, did we sign anything that does not allow us to be interviewed or discuss our opinions on AT&T RTO / FTW to news media?

Ram and Ramon care so much about their employees that they have suddenly shifted gears and mandated a return to office policy in the middle of an oil crisis and record high fuel prices. All of this feels intentional on destroying the American workforce

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/

It’s interesting that leadership continues to allow BH to operate under a hybrid model due to parking concerns, while the rest of the company has moved to full RTO, particularly when flexibility appears to be based on individual manager discretion.

Isn’t parking being an issue essentially the same as someone having a long commute or another employee working very long, nontraditional hours? All of these circumstances can create challenges or inconveniences for employees. If parking concerns are a valid reason for providing hybrid flexibility, it raises the question of why similar flexibility couldn’t be extended across the company rather than being determined by individual circumstances or manager discretion.

5 days a week with min 6 hours per day coming in Dec of 2026. Enjoy people

There is absolutely no way that it's the best place to work with RTO. I don't know who is filling out the survey but it has to be bots. And the people putting this on linked in are bootlickers.

Seriously considering telling Fido that I literally CANNOT absorb the extra financial cost of commuting to work every day when gas is projected to hit $6/gal. Is anyone else concerned about this? Sure, it’s fine if you live within a few miles but my commute is over an hour combined. How is this okay with Abby and why is no one doing anything about it?

The entertainment giant is repurchasing $8 billion in stock while simultaneously implementing layoffs and stricter office policies. Recent workforce reductions have impacted various divisions, including marketing, ESPN, National Geographic, and Pixar. These cuts follow earlier layoffs and a pullback on remote work flexibility. The company is also offering early retirement buyouts to executives, signaling potential further job eliminations. This strategy contrasts with the company's historical reputation for employee loyalty.

Burbank, California

https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/disney-is-buying-back-8-billion-in-stock-as-employees-face-layoffs-and-stricter-office-rules/91405866

Reminder: the only metric they will listen to is not filling out the survey. We tried tanking the survey with low “My company cares about my well being” scores. Only to be subjected to a year of gaslighting and telling us, it is because we don’t know enough about our benefits, as if we all just forgot about them when RTO hit. Most lower levels of management hate RTO and having to talk about it every team meeting. At some point in the leadership chain they start to care more about their career then their employees wellbeing and simply to refuse to push back against Stankbutt. Maybe once we let them know how checked out this workforce is, they will start to tell the emperor he isn’t wearing clothes.

Anyone else catch this slip from Bill F at the all hands earlier?

At 11:15 in the morning whether you’re working in the office or from home your laptop takes a photograph of your screen to monitor what you’re doing. Don’t believe it? Close all your windows at 11:13 and watch what happens at 11:15.

Between breathing down our necks about coming in three days, coffee badging, making people in Richardson and Chicago swipe their badge to leave at the end of the day and this, we’re being watched more and more.

We never got a warning or anything. But we did get a novel with instructions for a new process to log in to work remote.

Be careful with what and with whom you share your personal details related to rto. There are snitches and try hards everywhere, complaining that it’s not fair people leave early, some people they never see come in, one guy left at lunch and didn’t log back in, blah blah. These same people are also submitting suggestions to HR to track ip login time, implement timesheet system, etc.

As a manager, I have had to tell these ICs to chill out, hr is not enforcing to that extent, nor are they privy to people with medical accommodations, personal circumstances, etc. These are usually the people that have been at citi for 10 years plus.

It’s like these folks have nothing better to do with their time other than to invent new ways to make other people miserable.

I forgot how much noise, how much constant chatter, how many distractions there are at the office. I swear I was half as productive on the RTO days than I was when working from home, and I know there are many others in the same boat. Can somebody explain to me the logic of intentionally crippling the productivity of your entire workforce?

How is the RTO going? Ive been on mat leave and coning back.

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

OC stoping dragging your foot. While you are at it, please make another attempt at spans and layers. No one really is managing much 3-4 direct reports.

I can't be the only one.

I have a 2 hour round trip to Dallas HQ that I do everyday. I am looking forward to my commute on Monday morning. In the morning it gives me a chance to plan my day. And in the evening I get the opportunity to reflect on my day while driving home. I am too tired to do anything once I am home so I have no trouble falling asleep on time. I love working here. Thank you JS and RTO.

I hate RTO. I eat lunch in my car most days because I just can't deal with the constant noise and the incessive small talk anymore. That little bit of quiet is honestly the best part of my day.

Are IPs really being tracked I have been doing the four hours but only see mac 2 people , curious if there is ways around this and I’m missing out on this? Doesn’t it matter for bonus or am I just wasting my time?

I was out filling up my vehicle to the tune of $4.28 a gallon and it got me thinking about how this company has been exploiting us all in every way.

If you follow the government's inflation numbers(CPI), prices are up 8.3 percent since January 2024. So unless your salary grew by 8.3 percent you effectively got a pay cut.

Over that same stretch, from the bank's own SEC filings: the CEO's base salary went from $1,000,000 to $1,200,000, with a cash incentive target of 275 percent of base and another $1,500,000 in stock. The outgoing CEO stepped down to Executive Chairman at a $1,400,000 base — more than the sitting CEO makes.

For us low caste employees, hypothetically on a $95,000 salary that's $7,900 a year you should be making and aren't. For merit increases, a token 2 percent leaves you 6.3 points short, about $6,000. The 3 percent that felt like a win is still 5.3 points short, $5,000 gone. Even a 5 percent year, which almost none of us saw, lands 3.3 points short.

Then there's the time they stole from us. RTO three days a week at 45 minutes each way is 216 hours a year. That is 5.4 work-weeks we work for free. Our year is 2,296 hours now, not 2,080. It never shows up on a pay stub. That's exactly why they can take it.

Then there's the driving. Thirty miles each way, three days a week, is 9,500 miles a year. Gas is up 24.6 percent in twelve months. The IRS raised its own mileage rate mid-year to 76 cents a mile because running a car got that much more expensive. That's $7,200 a year, and we pay it with after-tax dollars, so we have to earn about $11,000 to cover it.

Stack all three and our real hourly rate is down between 18 and 25 percent. Someone at $95,000 was making $45.67 an hour. They make about $35 now.

I know there are some braindead boomers and beta-male bootlickers in here who will say to su-k it up, but when I run the numbers I don't see how I can do that. I assume any of you in here saying that just really enjoy getting bent over. Any reasonable person would be angry.

Yesterday the VOE survey landed - honestly, you have to applaud the impeccable timing of these geniuses trying to double down on RTO with 3 days / 8-hour metrics.
What is this, high school?
As long as we’re delivering on objectives, why on earth should anyone be measuring hours like this? I’m perfectly fine with going to the office three times a week.
I’m not advocating for badge-swipe-only behavior, but if someone needs to leave after lunch or a 1 or 2 of hours early and then continue working remotely, especially those of us with families, why should that be penalized?
All this is going to achieve is pushing people into strict “bare-minimun” mode and accelerating quiet quitting across the bank.

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

Once upon a time, WFB was a great company to work for. I worked through many bank mergers and changes. Most all team members worked hard but were recognized and rewarded fairly. In late 2019, things started changing. Layoffs, change in benefits, Severance times were reduced, etc...then the pandemic happened. My biggest regret is not seeing the writing on the wall. I regret working 12+ hours/day for days on end to meet quarterly deadlines. I regret not speaking up to advocate for others and myself. I regret not job searching early on, thinking I'd be able to reach full retirement age. at WF I regret not moving my 401K to another institution as soon as age permitted. I regret not contributing more to Roth vs. conventional 401k (biggest regret!). I regret not furthering my education to pursue other opportunities.

What I don't regret are all the amazing people I worked with over the years and still keep in touch with to this day. I sure miss the company WF used to be. The Holiday parties, office lunches, employee-family picnics, bowling and softball nights...it once was a lot of fun and an enjoyable place to work. I looked forward to going into work. Unfortunately, today's generation will never know what that kind workplace culture.

After 30+ years, I was displaced before I could reach FRA. It's been over a year since displacement and after hundreds of job applications, not one interview. Yes, I've worked with job coaches, AI, etc...but unfortunately young senior's are not wanted except for Wallmart greeter type jobs.

I loved my job and the people I worked with, received great reviews, tolerated little if no raises, but would have been grateful to say I was able to fully retire from there. I don't miss the RTO mandates, feeling like big brother was constantly watching, the micro-managing managers the last few years, constant manager turnover, and just the overall toxicity in the office. This is my last post, then I'm off this site. Not looking for any mean or sarcastic comments. I just wanted to vent and get my thoughts out so I can move on and not look back. Good Luck to all of you who are still working, especially the long-timers if there are still any 30+ TM's out there.

I thought intel was making employees work from an office, no more remote work from home, other states, other countries?

Seems like the status quo to at the sites, did intel chicken out ?

If there are lactation rooms, focus rooms, changing rooms and family bathrooms, why can't there be smoking rooms on campus as well?

I gave up smoking 7-8 years ago but I am thinking of starting again since RTO and I wonder who the employers are to dictate how we damage or take care of our health as adults? Charge me more for health insurance if you need. I anyway think I am overpaid for the job I do.

Does anyone think putting this in the next pulse survey as a suggestion would be taken seriously?

Let’s start the conversation!

Upcoming topics??

1. RTO 5 days a week
2. ALL JOBS TO INDIA / PHILIPPINES. Good luck to you.
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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.

Ever since the 4 days in work/ 1 day remote announcement, so many people in my division have applied for medical accommodations to work from home. I am curious how many will be approved. If you have a genuine need, that is okay. The people I know do not have a genuine need. They are just revolting against the 4 days. I hate the 4 days too so I understand the emotions. But that doesn't mean you should fake a medical need.