#worklifebalance

how long do we have to wait? meeting invites shouldn’t come after 8 right?

From a spouse of a Target employee. I've been following this site for the last 5 days and this whole process is an absolute sh-t show. I'm sorry to every employee that works there and has had to play this game.

I can see the downtown office from my window.
I stared at it all night.
I saw the lights go out.
I saw the lights come back on.
I don't know what today has in store for us.
But if I've learnt anything from life,
This too shall pass.

I genuinely can't sleep. I'm trying so hard. But I just can't. It's 2:20 am.

I don't even know what to check my email. I don't know what to do anymore. I lost. I feel dead inside.

I know this is just a job. But it's also livelihood.

That’s what I plan to do from now on. I’ll give back exactly what I’m given in return. They’ve shown us how little they think of us, so why should I bother giving it my all anymore? My best effort will be reserved for my next company, hopefully one that treats its employees better.

RTO is coming to an end. Productivity is down, morale is worse than ever, and people are leaving in waves for companies that offer flexibility. The younger workforce doesn’t want to live in traffic five days a week, and the veterans are burned out.

Every major study shows hybrid work drives better results, retention, and satisfaction. Forcing everyone back has done the opposite. Billions are being wasted on office space instead of innovation, debt reduction, or employee development.

RTO didn’t build culture or collaboration. It built resentment and distrust. The future of work is flexible, and every company that matters knows it. It’s time AT&T caught up.

Work from anywhere reduced from 80 hours to 64 hours for next year. No more additional days purchased vacations. If i don't laugh, I'll cry..

someone plz tell me i read that email wrong

I want to be able to sleep through the night again. I haven’t had a proper night of sleep in what feels like months.

Especially the one about teamember health and happiness.
Do customers really believe anything that wfm says or does?
I don't. It's just a paycheck to me.

Without going into the discussion of how the bonus su-ks at the bank, can some knowledgeable folks tell me until what date I should be working to be eligible for the bonus — 12/31/2025 or the actual payout date in 2026?

I pull into the parking lot and finish my cup of coffee and the news.
I grab two very strong THC gummies and eat them.
I veg out at work all day. I log in to meeting after meeting where leadership and contractors or offshore employees repeat themselves, repeat their questions, and once again ask me to repeat my detailed instructions to the, I smile like i’m stoned but nobody knows. I am in a low iq twilight zone. After my meetings I get started on real work and am constantly interrupted by more low iq employees or new ones that had no business being hired. I enjoy two more THC gummies and smile my way to 4 and skate out the door. I enjoy RTO, i really do.

Previously our department was allowed to attend Town Halls or watch recording at a later date, we were not required to work while attending or watching. It appears now we are to continue working while we attend or watch.

Interested what other departments do, are you allowed to watch or attend while not working or is the expectation to work while attending?

Perhaps, I'm emotionally immature or just not used to toxic work culture.

Fido manager seem to dump last min work items on you and react in a way they own you.

And worse part, they let someone who fricking can't even understand anything remotely technical to present your hard work.

In what way is this healthy??? They make you do all the dirty work while someone less deserving steals all the credit with no appreciation for your slogging.

Ranked in the top 5 of employers in all the major magazines? That sh-t was all over circuit…posters…guess they aren’t publishing those numbers any more. Andy is rolling in his grave. Took a little time, but I found something in two months, better pay, normal work hours. No more 9pm task forces 7 days a week. 6am factory passdown, that you then go have to repeat in 4 other meetings before noon. Go to work, do my job, and go home. At Intel work-life balance just means If Intel isn’t your entire life, you don’t get to work there.

So fu--ing sad.

I suspect most of us at OPO are looking for other jobs. How do you continue working while job hunting?

Even my free time isn’t safe from stress anymore. It was never ideal, but when did things become THIS bad?

Considering cancel this meetings for my office day. It’s hard to be in office by 7am and stay until 8pm to take those calls.

Work at night is very common for our team.

Will I get a PIP? Or let go?

My family needs the paycheck.

Hard work won’t save any of us from being laid off. So take it easy, at least until this round is over. Or better yet, always. It’s not like being reliable and dedicated has ever really paid off anyway.

A bunch of people said a while ago they were no longer giving it their all and have started quiet quitting. I'm curios, how's that working out? How did your manager react, if at all? Have you been put on a PIP or is everything still functioning as usual? This is an honest question. I'd love to do the same thing, but I'm too scared of losing my job.

As an employee of this bank for 10+ years, I had zero interest in looking for a new role at this point in my career but the pettiness here is just so astounding, I just can’t tolerate it anymore. I now have a second interview with a smaller company that treats their employees like humans which is what this company used to be about. I will even have my own desk if hired!!! Can you believe that?? Bottom line is while the grass isn’t always greener and every company has their issues, don’t let complacency stand in the way of perhaps enjoying the remaining years you have.

If you’re burned out, start saying no and stop feeling guilty about it. Managers here depend on us to keep their jobs alive, not the other way around. Half of them won’t even call you out because they’re terrified of confrontation. Keep saying no long enough, and they’ll finally lay you off with a nice severance attached. Sometimes that’s the only peace you’ll get from this place.

https://search.app/xr1CM

Nobody deserves to feel miserable every day. Go find somewhere that treats you like a person, not a robot.

Learned the hard way that extra effort doesn’t mean extra pay. They’ll just expect it every day after that. Unless it’s compensated or leads somewhere real, it’s just wasted energy. Work your hours, turn off anything work related for the rest of the day, repeat.

This new 8-hour presence requirement is wrecking morale on my team. This is worse than what we had 20 years ago.

Need to pick your kids up from school? Forbidden unless you badged in at 6:30 AM.

Need to go to a doctor's appointment? Better not come into the office then or you'll lose your 8 hour average.

Want to come in an extra day this week to briefly support a team event? Not unless you want to get put on a PIP and lose your bonus.

Imagine thinking that hybrid "flexibility" is choosing which three days to sit in traffic.

All this, not because it improves performance, not because it helps clients, but because some crusty old executive can’t stand the thought of people being trusted to work like adults.

Have you ever checked our hard-working leader’s Teams status. Check it right now. It’s 2:30 PM CT in Dallas yet it shows he has been away for 3 hours.

He is the CEO of a Fortune 50 company. I understand he may have business travel, but you can always login to the WiFi at the airport, plane, hotel, or pretty much wherever you are.

Also, if you ever check his status in the evening around 5 or 6, he always shows last seen 30 min ago, 1 hr ago, or 2 hrs ago.

So he takes long breaks during the day. And doesn’t work a minute past 4 PM. Yet myself and my colleagues are hard pushed clocking in 60+ hours to meet our bullsh-t convergence goal.

Guys, this guy only cares about himself. Only the best lifestyle that is possible for himself, nothing but the worse for his employees.

Tell me how to quiet quit so I am doing it right.

New job, drink coffee when I want....work from home, when I want.. Big salary bump.
Big benefits bump. Big 401k contribution bump. No dysfunctional coworkers or management to deal with. I actually like my job. Treated with respect and dignity, a professional, not a factory worker....... there is a new life out there.......go get yours. Its waiting for you!....

Did any AM Backroom have their block schedules changed? Now we’re on a rotation with only one weekend day off once a month & some split days… is this happening everywhere or just our club?

Every time someone posts about working insane hours like it’s some badge of honor, I cringe. You’re not impressing anyone. You’re just proving that the company can take advantage of your loyalty without paying more. When will people finally wake up and realize this?

It took getting sick to realize how bad it had gotten. Now all my energy will be focused on finding a way out.

It would be nice to say these things without feeling like you’ll be putting a target on your back. But here we are, so I will just state it here and wondering which upper upper management actually reads it?
There are concerns about how you’re framing discussions around work habits. When you mention waking up in the middle of the night thinking about work, or suggest that employees log in after hours for trainings so we can be the first org to finish it, you send the message that overextending ourselves is encouraged. This contributes to a culture that leads to burnout. Please be more intentional about promoting healthy work-life balance and sustainable productivity.

You want to know why so many working moms are drowning? Because we live in a world that says “take care of your babies first”… but also, “make sure you’re bringing home a paycheck”. So we get up, clock in, and make sure our kids have somewhere safe to go while we work. But let me tell you something, this world wasn’t built for us. Work is 8-5, but school runs 7:45-2:45. The pediatrician closes at 4. The dentist isn’t open on weekends. Bedtime is at 8, but practice doesn’t end until 7. By the time dinner is made, the house is clean, homework is checked, and a dozen other things no one even notices are done. Then it hits, there was barely anytime with the kids today. So when you ask the mom at work how she’s doing and she says “I’m fine” just know, she’s probably not. She’s exhausted, stretched too thin, and missing the people she’s working so hard for.

SO FU-K YOU & ALL THE MEN THAT THINK WE ARE SKATING BY!!!

We get paid less than you!
We do more than you every single day!

Flextime was the only way we could slightly achieve it all.

That’s all.

No, Absolutely not. If I have to drag my tired butt into the office for eight hours, I will not be wasting my lunch time learning anything related to Wells Fargo. I will also not let people schedule meetings with me for eight hours straight. No way. I will be blocking time out for me and my mental health.

Who would spend that much money and energy, uproot their entire family, leave jobs, commitments, and social circles, all for a position that could disappear six months later? Seriously? The age of job security and real career growth that once justified relocating feels like a thing of the past. Practically prehistoric.

I don’t understand how any of you would comply with such an outrageous request.
I am not going to sell my house to move to be closer to an office. I am hours away from any real office.
This job isn’t that important to me. It never will be. And I don’t know why it is to you.
What really keeps you here? I rather take a few thousand pay cut and be happy elsewhere.
I will not be working in an office. I don’t care if my coworkers are or even my superior.
I won’t be doing it and I’ll laugh at anyone who thinks I will.
I would ask yourself why this job is that important to you that you would upheave your routine and life for uhg. They don’t give a f about you or your family, probably don’t pay you enough, and wouldn’t care if you ended up in the hospital tomorrow.
Just think about it.