It is complete bu-----t that we need to be physically together in offices in order to collaborate. As other tech companies not only embrace remote working and are now preparing to step into the metaverse, Fiserv is showing the world we are not comfortable with emerging technology. It's as ludicrous as people who reject our technology in favor of walking into a physical bank or insisting on paying with cash. Fiserv is completely stuck in the 20th century. This company could have had a happy, thriving workforce. They chose not to.
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"Today 2,500 sales people work from home
Today 4,000 client service people work from home..."
I appreciate your post trying to bring facts to the table. But people dont want facts. They want what was a temporary accommodation for a pandemic to be made permanent so they dont have to go in the office. They want a temporary situation to be made the new normal.
There is no actual peer reviewed evidence that people are more productive at home and that the company, which pays employee salaries, would actually benefit from permanent work from home. If anything, work from home intuitively brings more distractions (children, spouses, service people, pets, TVs, etc) and less productivity. I submit that people many people want to work from home because it is easier to get non work activities completed during work hours.
The rebellion is interesting but ultimately unsustainable until it is proven that employees are more productive working from home. The stories of "working more hours" because I am not commuting has not been borne out by the facts at most companies - the first sign in and last keystroke on company devices has not really changed in any significant way according to studies I have seen. And the activity during work hours has actually seemed to have diminished based on several metrics. (documents loaded, documents updated, keystrokes, etc.) for those working from home.
The bottom line. There is a labor shortage currently. Employees have some leverage to stage their work from home rebelliion. But as automation catches up to the labor shortage in many disciplines, employers, once again, will gain the upper hand (thanks to the GOP for ki----g unions and enabling states fire at will legislation). And when the labor shortage ends, you will likely be happy to be in the office in order to have a job,
@1xkf What about the other roles that don't benefit from being in an office? And why are you counting only US associates? Last I checked, India associates were being forced back (prematurely, I might add). Some were even told they had to change offices to "be with their team".
Today 2,500 sales people work from home
Today 4,000 client service people work from home
If my numbers are correct that adds up to 6,500 out of 26,000 US Associates or
25% of the population works from home and will continue to do so forever…
So please stop with Fiserv doesn’t believe in work from home…
And oh yea, just announced all US NON-ESSENTIAL employees can work from home until another update coming before Jan 18.
You should be using this to take a good, hard look at who you're working for.
@wjv+1ewizNBq - If someone prefers to go in the office every day or a couple of days a week, I don't think anyone has a problem with that. They question a one-size-fits-all solution. As has been said before, there is no debate, no matter how some people try to spin it: for many employees, WFH is not a detriment to productivity or collaboration.
When leaders try to claim WFH is a detriment, everyone else looks at how much they've worked over the last 18+ months, furrows their brow, and wonders what would motivate management to continue that narrative. This genie isn't going back in the bottle.
Oh wow, we’re just going there now
Fiserv is just a meme now lmao
I know in some cases it leads to divorces
Personally I do think there are many situations when working together, co-located in an office, does lead to greater productivity, camaraderies, team-building and creativity.
Studies and surveys are really mixed on what is better, pandemic aside. People who just work heads down doing production-level work are often among those who want to stay remote. Others (the majority of people, actually) prefer a hybrid or on-site working environment.
In either case, a pandemic of highly transmissible and still dangerous virus doesn't really seem like the right time to bring teams back together.
It just complicates it even further.
The broad-based move to Indian IT service providers shows that 'colocation' is laughable. Period.
I mean, you literally can't get any farther from the east coast of the US than India. If you go further east or west, you're coming back around again. Lol.
DEAR Leader.. was overjoyed for a moment.. must not show any emotion..
Wait this JUST in.. WFH has been extended to 1/18/22.. oh thank you deal leader..
This company is so exhausting. It’s something new every week, covid cases are higher than ever before and Fiserv still prioritizes being in an office, which I will never understand.
Together with omicron