We were told there is a renewed call for MN and DC offices rto. Managers will get more reporting and will have employees on it that are 3.5 days per week or less in a rolling 12 week period.
My read: this is another marker that will determine who gets put on future rif list
While some "leadership" has bothered to explain how they expect their employees to comply with the ridiculously vague RTO mandate ("be in the office an average of 4 days a week"), others have steadfastly refused to do so.
The result is an RTO mandate that differs wildly between divisions, departments and managers. Such a mandate is unequal and thus unfair.
But the intent was always to reduce headcount - either by driving employees to quit or by giving managers cause to fire them.
You are actively punished for living in a company’s native market these days. Not just at Optum. I suppose their hope is as more people quit there jobs they can just send them to India.
When do the cut the fat at the top all these directors , managers and supervisors doing the same things.
I’ve been told there is pressure from the top for managers to open HR cases for in office attendance below 3.5 days per week over that rolling 12 week period
The reporting a renewed push is true. But I don’t believe it puts you on a list. Your manager and their manager have say the majority of the time who is impacted by RIFs (I say most because I do know of managers being shocked of team members being let go without their knowledge). It’s up to your manager and up their chain the enforce the RTO policy and some do and some don’t. No matter which category you fall in I realize it’s not fair and very few people agree with the RTO policy
@at correct.
Yup, come in and do remote work that can be done, remotely!
So not extending the scope of RTO? Just more enforcement for those already called back in?
Seems like not every management team enforces it the same currently. This will probably change that and just be a way to drop those people who skip a day or two.