There are talks among management saying that there will be another push for rto and those that moved further away will get another voluntary layoff notice. 4 days in the office is the minimum.
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@48d the mandate is a RIF in disguise. The whole point is to push people out by enforcing RTO.
Unless there are many more layoffs coming in the next few weeks to make room in our office, I truly have no idea how they expect all of us to work from the office 4 days a week. They downsized us from the office that had room for that amount of people. We can’t work from home anymore but where are we supposed to sit and try to get work done? We will all be sitting in the parking lot!! Wh-z bang job of workplace planning!
@2cp This morning it happened
That would be because PZ’s ego occupies the entire top floor
@2xq Same here. 9 to 5. Very few people even bother to log on during the weekends since rto was mandated.
@32n+1jv67dprw where have you been?!? PZ sent an email in 2022 outline expectations of working from the office 2-3 days a week. Then in 2023 we got the 3-4 days a week in the office and he spent significant time in his December 2023 Town Hall talking about return to the office and even hinted he preferred 4 days in the office. PZ instructed all his directs in December 2924 that the new expectation is 4 days in the office. Many offices have been adhering to this so welcome aboard and maybe pay more attention to emails from the CEO or reading between lines in his Town Halls!
@32y There is a new thread where some of the remote folks said they are receiving meeting planners from HR.
It’s pretty obvious what’s happening here. They’re looking to cut numbers and instead of a formal RFI they will make life so uncomfortable that folks will leave = no need to pay them off.
Problem is that RTO is the new game in town for insurers so many will be running out of the frying pan into the fire.
When WFH started, we were only required to come into the office once a week. It was a good deal. It really did not bother me to log in early and work later. The thought of RTO 3 or 4 days a week is sickening and morale is already at a new low.
@2z - Senior management would be severely wrong. Many of us who WFH will be doing exactly what the other poster said - working fewer hours - if RTO is mandated at that level.
@2xq: It's all about control and productivity. Sr. management believes that there is considerable lost productivity by some folks while working from home, so RTO is being mandated.
In claims they just reiterated it’s 3 days a week but before COVID it was only 2 days a week in office. People seem resigned to it given other companies are at 4/5 but it does seem to be a waste since WFH was so successful during COVID. Now I will come in at 9 and leave at 5 instead of logging on 7:30am from home and working until 6 with no lunch break. I really don’t understand the thought process but I’m not in charge.
If it's not in writing, it didn't happen
@112 Europe is too hard to implement these types of mandates.
@2cp next week
It won’t be voluntary.
It’s already happening in my group for months I thought others were going in 4/5 as well.
@2cp already happening
When's this going to be communicated
Indeed it is 4 days per week from Sep
In Europe I don't hear any talks about that, 3 days in the office is already too much. By the way, lately the systems are becoming slower and slower, what's happening? A revenge from IT people?
That’s exactly what technology needs, another exodus of talent.
What department/location?
Then they would need to get more space in NYC because they don’t have the ability to have everyone in 4 days a week.
Who are you people? We are back to office 4 days a week since the beginning of 2025.
I’d consider voluntary layoff.
4 days? I worked in IT and pre-CoViD the min was 3 days.