This place is a lot more glum now that we are in office 5 days a week. I see both sides of the argument and truly have no issue either way. However, I cannot seem to find and more pros of 5 days in office vs 4 days or something more flexible. If I had to take an educated guess I would think that the leash will be tightened for however long and then we will be rewarded with a more flexible, employee friendly schedule. Back to my original point though, it’s crazy to see the attitude difference now that we are in 5 days a week. You can take a walk around the office and clearly see the new policy is probably more hurtful than helpful.
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@a7+1jqc0er7m Just one hour until LIBERATION DAY friend. China, Japan and Korea already have a new partnership!
I loved that place for over 10 years. Tried to come back but gave up trying after an avalanche of issues I saw arise. Frank departure was hard and hurtful to so many although I know he will do great in his new role at Social Security, especially he was the one that introduced AI at Fiserv and saw work load cut in half resulting in mass layoff not matter the merits obtained. I feel sad for all my friends left behind as for years struggled to get re-employed. My only advise is start now to send out your resume and take advantage of the opportunity to find a new home
5 days is beyond ridiculous when less than 5% of meetings are in person and/or the teams you work with are in different locations
Applying this across the board for all roles will lead to people leaving the company.
I cannot wait to get out
I’m miserable at five days but I mean mug when I walk around the building because I’m trying to sus out this annoying Karen and/or Lady Luck. It’s like a game… One of the few things that make me laugh around here anymore in this dystopian nightmare.
Unfortunately this has less to do with rule breakers and more to do with frank was going to do this one way or another. He is completely anti-wfh and the "rule breakers" excuse was just that. An excuse. There were a percentage of people that were breaking the rule. But rather than deal with them as individuals it was more inline with what frank wanted anyway to lay the hammer down on everyone. This then had an added benefit that it assisted in ushering people out the door so frank could artificially prop up the stock.
And before "40% Karen" shows up to talk about how rich they are because of frank. Between his manipulating the numbers and Trumps tantrums tanking the market, you may want to sell quickly before your stock is worthless.
I left at the end of last year but I think the problem was when the company mandated a 3 days in 2 out policy, people managers didn't enforce it. Too many people were not coming to the office sc--wed it up for the rest of the folks playing by the rules. The managers should have addressed this but they were afraid people would quit.