I have traveled to a couple locations in the past couple of months and they are literally falling apart. Bugs crawling on walls, restrooms running out of paper towels, toilets overflowing, A/C apparently broken leading to sauna-like working conditions, lack of regular building maintenance crew (all outsourced), etc... What is going on Frank? Could you please allocate a little more money to building TLC?
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This is true to be a client showcase!
@hrgw+1hwzPkyw, I think it'd be a challenge to find any sane OFD folks who would disagree with you on the OFD management being terrible. OFD's ways were always and still are awful.
Alpharetta is fine - I'm there 3x a wk. it's not as pristine and building/support staff isn't as great as it was pre-pandemic, since they've outsourced reception, facilities, security, Tech Support. Definitely feels like we're on a budget. But hey, we still have free coffee.
Does that mean we can now walk on the grass in Lincoln without being yelled at?
Or is everyone too scared to try?
This is happening because Frank and Co. decided to outsource all Facilities Management and Maintenance to Cushman & Wakefield, and I'm sure nobody cares anymore. On the OFS Side, it used to be handled internally by a group Fiserv Facility Managers and Engineers who had been around for a very long time. The teams were professional and buildings were very well maintained. They had pride in the upkeep of the buildings. My understanding was that OFD facilities were maintained by employees/contractors of Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL). I'm not sure how that worked out,
First Data's ways of doing things is what is destroying this once decent company. Sorry for anyone who was OFD, but you are in denial if you think that your ways were better. You know the ship is sinking and it is YOUR prior management that is doing it!
Glad I no longer work for that sinking ship!
Nobody said anything about Alpharetta. I believe the OP is referring to Lincoln, because I work there and the A/C definitely does not work lately (and nobody is doing anything about it apparently). Likely Frank trying to line his pockets at the expensive of everyone's discomfort.
If I didn't know better, I'd say you are probably Frank or one of his close pals. I specifically recall Frank gushing over the Alpharetta location on the combined call with Yabuki that we had years ago. He kept talking about how beautiful Alpharetta is, and totally ignored all the other locations.
Frank could save his pennies by forcing people to work from home and closing all the dated office spaces. Force every employee to pay for their own office operating costs including internet service, electricity, water ect.
"Brookfield also falling apart."
And 80% empty.
"The place I worked at was fine, therefore every place is fine."
JFC
Agree this is fake - if Alpharetta was falling apart, you'd hear alot more about it. Worked there and it is a first-class office. I cannot say that all the goodies still exist but it was a wonderful place to work. Fiserv itself not so bad but First Data (missed that, got out before the Visigoths arrived) may have changed some of that. Like free coffee. Happy 4th everyone.
Brookfield also falling apart.
World class or "third world class"?
Funny how Lincoln is not in your list. Oh wait, it's going to be shut down in a year. No wonder it's being allowed to fall apart.
Fake news. Alpharetta world class, NY, NJ, Sunnyvale, Marietta, Frusco, Austin, Chicago, KOP, all world class.
Coral, Brookfield and Hagerstown all on list for remodel or new.
The sites will be fine when we’re back in them 5 days a week making this the best fintech on the planet
Which offices are falling apart? The offices in Alpharetta and Marietta seem fine
Frank is not trying to run a company, he's running an internment camp.
So we have bugs inside and outside of our software.
New Jersey is the only building that matters