#wfh

I was laid off at USB over a year ago. After 10 years of service working from home, it all ended with a 1 minute and 34 second phone call. For weeks I kept Googling “US Bank layoffs” just to feel like I wasn’t alone. The searches always brought me here to The Layoff, and amidst the rants and raves, I never felt alone (and I still visit every week).

The months that followed were rough. Interviews went nowhere, and applications disappeared into a black hole. In May I finally landed a role with another bank. Life has been good since, but working full-time in an office created new challenges: endless politics, meaningless small talk, and a cubicle that feels like a creative prison.

A couple months ago, while taking a juicy dump on the executive floor (it just feels so right), I had an idea: A platform where current and former employees can anonymously share stories about the good, bad, and ugly moments inside their companies. I call it WorkWhisper. Right now, it’s a webapp, but I plan to expand to iOS/Android if it grows.

Ultimately, I'm convinced that my life will continue and end inside of a cubicle (and face more layoff scares), but if what I was inspired to build helps a few people voice their feelings, then I'm happy. I hope this doesn't come across as an inauthentic way to promote myself, that wasn't the intention. I just wanted to share my journey about life after layoff at USB, and the good that came out of it. If you’d like to check it out, visit www.TheWorkWhisper.com and share a work moment... the uglier the better ;)

How does an org claim to take the best of both pre-merged orgs, yet cut the best things/benefits each org offered?

• 401k- cut/decreased matching
• momentum-cut/decreaded
  1ESPP (created post merger- restricted offering periods)
• birthdays off-cut/eliminated
• WFH (even if hired remote or had the ability to WFH pre-covid- cut/eliminated)
• TPA award recipients (best of best teammates- demoted, RIF, or cut, less than 1 year after being rewarded)
• Insurance business (a cash cow- sold and cut)
• Best talent wealth of knowledge (encourage to take early retirement)
• End to end credit delivery system (cut to originate, book, and service loans on 17 different systems that DONT talk to each other or archive records- it’s on a shared drive)
• consistent doc repository systems (eliminated for shared drives)
• Career progression (non-existent, just make project teams, and loan teammates to departments to avoid creating needed positions, yup do 6 jobs for the price of one)

I see a pattern of gaslighting, deception, lack of accountability. Just go back to the drawing board, admit this is a failed merger, and build it up. Stop putting a bandaid on a fatal g-nshot wound.

We won’t cut our way into a higher stock price and teammate satisfaction.

Repost this guy is right Ha ha no they are offering a nice severance package to a small few union with Many decades under their belts .Its targeted their ready.But over all they are hiring field techs like crazy .Most areas that didn’t have fios are being built out it’s a decade long project.The 5g for the cell sites along with the new focus on business fiber will keep field techs very busy.I would say if anything the only union side that they maybe look to offer reduce head count that will not get replaced would be inside people like clerks and such.Unfortunately for any desk paper person they will consider you management at will .They will always look for ways to faze that out ,but hands on jobs may not make millions but are very dependable in the need .Most of the new generation do not want to do anything hands on .Especially with work from home being dangled in front of them for clerical work.So replacement of our extremely Aged work force with years and years of background will not be as easy as you think

Just wondering if there is any consistency across the organization. Is your manager in the office?

I’m a WFH employee in the Loyalty department. Any word yet regarding us? So far it’s been crickets.

My shift starts at noon. Im a bit nervous.

Our manager is making us come in, seems ruthless. I’d like to have the option of sobbing in the privacy of my own home. For the love of god, what is the obsession with being in the office. Give us our dignity during such a high stress time.

Anyone from Basking Ridge location scared? I keep seeing Lake Mary and multiple other offices in this thread that may or may not be closed eventually or teams that are told to be WFH but haven’t seen much or any posts on NJ location. Any teams in NJ scared of what’s coming? Are we people in tax going to be affected?

So layoffs are all over the news and now HR’s scrambling, telling us to WFH like that’s gonna fix anything. Pretty sure the media’s already waiting for clips. If I straight‑up say I’m recording the meeting, is that still illegal ? And if I did record it, what kind of questions or reactions would make it blow up online?
Trying to figure out how to make this hit hard the same way it hit me.

My manager just advised our team to WFH the rest of the week (but we’re not required to if we want to go into the office). Our team is scattered across NJ and TX locations. Good luck everyone.

If I wasn't ask to work from home this week, does that mean I'm safe?

Any truth to no work from home in 2026?

I’ve noticed not many coming into nj office even though I’m coming daily. Is there a rule to not come or work home? I’m getting drained.

Google “Chevron Benefits” and navigate to the India section. You’ll see that employees there are offered the option to work from home on Mondays.

When you compare this to the far more limited flexibility given to U.S. Payroll employees, it paints a clear picture: Chevron is providing its offshore teams with more favorable working arrangements than its U.S. workforce.

Clearly a plan to force US Payroll employees to resign without severance.

To quiet quit in April of 2020 when we were working from home every day. Collected 5 1/2 years of salary, 401k matches, got in shape, learned a lot of new stuff and learned to completely relax.
Expecting the RIF in a couple of days but know that finances are taken care of and moving on to next chapter, if necessary.
Best of luck to all

Multiple teams n same building told 2 work from home while otha teams n building aren’t being told that.

What does that mean?

Wfh in claims with no office to go back into. When will we get the exit offer.

Anyone being told to stay home and not report to the office ?

Currently working Hybrid and been told that Thursday is remote day while Tuesday and Wednesday are office days.

Def not a coincidence even if they want to frame it as early thanksgiving break.

Were any other locations told to WFH this week?

Has anyone heard about customer care?

I’m done with RTO for the rest of the year. Seriously. This whole 5 day grind has drained every ounce of motivation I had left. If we aren’t back to a sane hybrid schedule next year, I’m out. No hesitation. No second guessing.

I love my work, I’m good at it, and I’ve given this place more than enough chances to get its act together. But I’m not sacrificing my health, my time, or my sanity for a policy that does nothing but burn people out and push talent out the door.

Fix it or lose the people who actually keep this place running. The clock’s ticking.

My direct manager mentioned to me on Thursday that we would most likely be asked to work from home on the 20th and that we would get official confirmation on Friday (yesterday) or possibly Monday. No official confirmation came as of yesterday. Is it true that only teams that are heavily impacted will be asked to work from home? I am trying not to panic, but i have a very bad feeling about all of this.

Here it comes..

Don’t work here!

Pre covid office was 5 days, so I don’t think it’s new rule. As well it’s too hard to communicate with remote people, sometimes responses are super slow and confusing.

Truist bank will require all employees to return to the office five days a week starting early next year, ending pandemic-era work-from-home policies. Hybrid work arrangements split between home and office will end starting Jan. 5, the Charlotte-based bank confirmed to The Charlotte Observer Wednesday. This shift from pandemic-era remote work policies is meant to boost in-person collaboration and reinforce corporate culture, Truist said.
Read more at: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article312885549.html#storylink=cpy

Work as prescribed 9-5 M-F. Been done nearly a century. Prove they do not need to send your job overseas. RTO is for collaboration and winning. No whining.

Work from home people impacted across several locations in Operations.

So to sum it up, not a bright story tho... Layoffs at D&B started last week, WFH folks got hammered the most... We dont have the final number, it's likely between 150 to 200 employees.

Dpts with reported hits are: Product, Sales, Delivery, Cybersecurity, and IT. There were some smaller cuts Dublin and there are rumots that Canada is next.

No WARN notices have been filed, this probably means that no more than 50 folks were cut at a single location. Folks with long tenures got decent severance, it su-ked for folks that joned recently.

The patterns continue, micromanagement, privacy invasion, mandatory cameras, weekly work reports, Sapience tracking software use etc. Big Brother is watching. Also, C-level continues to su-k ba--s and Clearlake Capital is calling shots... They are loading us w/high debt, they are milking cash flow, our AI is just stupid (heh) and customers are not stupid, so they are not buying it. Toxic culture reins supreme.

We'll VERY likely see additonal cuts next year, they will keep restructuring and selling asset.

WFH works for me so much better, but, hey - what to do.

Anyone privy to the strategy for Call Center reps that either work in T buildings or WFH? What's the plan for Ocean Springs, Orlando... centers? When Black contracts ends will virtual reps be forced to move back to office?

If you’re still classified as a virtual worker, you’re in the crosshairs. Notices are starting to go out that NVWs will be required to “follow the work” and RTO full-time in Dallas, Atlanta, or New Jersey depending on org. My source says the plan is to eliminate all remaining virtual roles before year-end with any remaining to move and RTO by June 2026 or terminate.

Don’t assume you’re safe, they’ve already pushed out some of the best and most experienced people here. Titles and “essential” status won’t save anyone. This is your warning since the company won’t give you one.

Capital One offices and amenities now open on Fridays. They are totally doing that because SOO many people want to drive in Fridays 🙃. Get ready for full time RTO

Got an email about this being installed on computers. We are WFH. Any idea what it actually does? The email was obviously low key but reading between lines seems like it will make sure you're actually doing stuff on your PC? I have no idea really. Sometimes we have downtime at my role, does this mean if I'm not doing something productive like idk reading notes or work files, I'll get in trouble if I step away from PC for a bit?

Credit Admin was told to work from home due to ceiling repair. The following week layoffs came. Turns out there was no ceiling repairs. They needed all the admins at home to give them the boot via zoom.

The remote workers not performing should be the first to go! WFH doesn't equal watching Jude Judy and going to the mall or getting your hair done etc. Those acting like that did put themselves on this list while those that preferred to be in the office and PERFORM should prevail as well as the WFH employees that actually do their jobs! The lazy as--s are ruining it for the legit WFH employees. Just watch! The WFH 3 days a week hurt us bad! Complacency is through the roof! We also have too many damn AD's. Everywhere I turn there's an AD making $150-$180K. It's stupid! Get Russo out!

Has anyone heard what’s changing next year about whether we’re going to be able to continue working from home? I recall reading or hearing that announcements will be made at the beginning of 2026.

I see a lot of people that are still remote… has anyone recently successfully negotiated to be remote? Will those that are remote be eventually asked to go back to the office?