How many people are looking for another job? We all know they are getting ready to bring us back into the office a lot more next year. I'm going to quit...tired of paying tolls, gas, sitting in traffic and the environment is just completely toxic. Other than a few people, I do not want anything to do with the people they are hiring. Trash dump and hate being in office. It will be time to move on. I hate this place...su-ks!
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Let's be real guys, no one is quiting without having something lined up. Plus if you're living a lifestyle where you can't take a payout they have their hooks in you for sure aint leaving. So go ahead and finance another charger.
I know a guy that works from his boat 3 x a week.
I will use a background of the office on teams
@zt depends what you mean by quit. I'm still getting a paycheck every 2 weeks, but I wouldn't say I'm working!
They seek an unhappy workforce and work very hard to achieve this. One of the least flexible companies ive ever had to experience, but they demand insane amount of flexibility from you at all times.
Remember this when the company needs you to be flexible moving forward, they wouldnt budge an inch on RTO, despite knowing full well its what the employees wanted.
@zs nobody is going to quit over this.
Nobody quit over the last 50 things SF has done and everyone complained about.
Most of my colleagues and even my leaders in ET have hinted this will drive them to a new job
All my co workers have some bull shif accommodation that allows them to WFH. There is one who moved away from the hub and doesn’t come in. Just fire those people already live in hub city but don’t come in!
I actually wouldnt mind so much if the office wasnt in a super congested part of town. Also we all know its something employees love and cherish, so they will take it all away at some point. So none of us see this slight increase as the end.
I dunno, make bloomington all commute into office and leave the rest of us alone. We get it, executives want to be seen in their fancy clothes and have people notice. The rest of us have to carry the company and have no downtime to enjoy the office. Thats right, your silly middle school trivia, and games, and childish posters....NO ONE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR BS ENGAGEMENT WE ARE ADULTS FFS......
Frankly, i barely have time to eat lunch and use the bathroom.....because youve short staffed for 15 years.
I will strongly consider another role that is full WFH, even if with competitor. Especially if we have any further increases to in office torture.
I think like most of our executives horrible and tone deaf ideas, it will go poorly, and they will need to backtrack. Remember when they mass closed LOC, made people move all over, then decided they couldnt do what they wanted to do, fire all the LOC people working from home, and now they get to WFH forever, but if you moved to a hub you cant move back to your hometown ever, sorry.
Executives think they can FORCE the old SF legacy culture back, which will fail massively.
I think people have had enough of the short staffing and pretending to try to fix it, its been this way 100% of my career, and has only gotten worse not better. What is clear, is that nothing realistic is being done.
Give people a good reason to stick around, either make it a pleasant place to work, or make it a place you cant leave due to good pay. Otherwise you just keep throwing premiums out the window playing hiring merry go round.
@ep Millennials came into power? Yeah, no. Boomers have earned their reputation. They were handed a great legacy and then a significant chunk of that generation made the decisions that led to the conditions we live with today. They also cling on to their powerful positions in government and business. Boomers aren't leaving the great kind of legacy you think they are.
Gen-X hasn't even significantly "come in to power" yet.
Probably reopen for the areas that have the largest wfh presence first. Then let the rest wfh go.
I bet the reopen some offices or add new ones to bring in all wfh that don't have offices.
@ak you have to remember, the remote workers had their offices permanently closed and are the ones being severances because your younger generation was "the future" of the company even though you showed no loyalty, experience, or responsibility. The millennials came into power, Gen Z's poor work ethic thinking they all have something so valuable to offer (better than millennials AND boomers), then add in COVID and then the perfect storm took place. You wanted woke, you want zone employees gone, so there you have it, this is what's left.
@e6 State Farm cares less about what you think about what they do. Bringing people back into the office and thinking they will quit is another way to reduce staff. State Farm used to care about their employees. Not anymore! They are employing the bottom of the barrel for costs. They can bring them back in the office and continue to rely on bottom of barrel especially with AI coming. Just remember the all about me is the cancer in the company.
RTO is probably the d-mbest thing a company can do. Covid proved WFH was very doable. This is about control....plain and simple. It's a power trip for your boss to call you into their office.
Don't also discount the chamber's of commerce want people back. They're scared to death of the loss of taxes, the money spent in local businesses, etc.
In yesterday’s jobs report the insurance industry led all others in layoffs for August.
I'm out as soon at they start trying to make us come in more. I come in weeks 1 & 3 and that is way too much, especially since I have people on my team that work remotely and never have to come into the office. They make the same money as I do. Scam....