First the VERP and now the RTO. That is to get rid of the millennium group. People older than that group will just fall in place and follow rules/orders. Millenniums will look for other jobs that allow more flexibility which is what they are banking on. Replace them with people that will work for less pay and no expectations other than going into the office every day.
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All wrong! We are back because sales refused to work more then 3 orders a day and no one held them accountable.
75% of pump sales quit on their first day back. They included sups. The ones that stayed and are working in the office were the only pump sales she's doing their jobs, and there aren't many of them left.
Pump sales betrayed this company. Sales can't be trusted so keep them in building and send the rest of us to proved ourselves back home!!!
@xfm+1m1rDbUg I'd love for someone to put a "real value" on my playing Solitaire and shootin' the sh-t with coworkers when I had downtime at the office.
I can't remember exactly, though I do remember about the first 1 year of working from home due to covid we were told that productivity & pretty much every metric you could think of skyrocketed and it was largely attributed from working from home. We all know the basic factors that make that up. It also went to show that the work that we all thought as far as processors go which is what I was before getting fired 2 months ago, that our jobs could be done more efficiently and more effective at home. All the unnecessary talks & meetings & "team building" that wasn't really team building in the office was just a waste of time. All leadership did was come up with stories & their reasons why being in the office would "create better ideas, allow for team building, foster a better working environment to check up on each other". Then when we got into the office to chat and check up on each other we got talked down on and that we needed to get the work done as "eyes were on us". Then people who had obligations could leave early while others stayed behind and worked in the office yes even supervisors & team leads too. Overall it benefits no one to be in the office. Leadership is very out of touch and doesn't hear anything the employees say are important to them and are of concern. The Survey's showed it and the staying away from groups & just staying at out computers showed it as well. As I've always seen it since having the opportunity to work from home, the only reason they wanted people to be back in the office is to justify paying for the building every month, yet at the same time consistently saying, "we have to cut back on expenses...." Of course as a former regular employee I don't know the inner workings and don't have to. Can't tell me that employees working from home for 3 years plus didn't reduce costs especially since there was no more cafeteria! Now that employees are full on in office no hybrid it's even worse & I'm being told leadership seems to act like they don't know why there is no collaboration. Sucks to see the company fall to the point they are at now over the years...
Who cares if folks come back or not. At my campus we call them "old faces" because you can't remember there names.
Worst is all the do all day is complain they were forced to come back and loved WFH.
Enjoy your hotel cube if your forced back ... just saying
@xfm+1m1rDbUg My experience is the opposite. I work at least 2-3 more hours every day when working from home ~ 6 am - 5 pm. When going into the office I have to spend more time getting ready and drive almost an hour 1 way, starting work around 7:50. Plus when in the office going to the cafeteria to get food, go to the bathroom, run into people in the hallway, I'm away from my computer more than being at home. Most days at home I'm lucky to have 15 minutes for lunch. When working from home, I MAYBE go to the store once every 2-3 weeks during lunch, less than 1 hour. The company is getting much much more of my time working from home. About 40% of resources on my main project are in different states/countries, I will not see them in person in the office.
Do people in sales go into an MDT office? From with I've seen when in the office, a ton of time is spent schmoosing and not working. I think Operations is different since they probably have many near-term deadlines.
I’m a millennial and I’m fine with going back to the office. There’s a part of seeing your colleagues that is engaging and motivating. If your entire team though is in another office/region, then I understand not wanting to sit in an office all day on zoom calls. I think there can be a good mix of WFH and RTO and it depends on the kind of work you do, where your team is and if productivity increases in a group setting or not.
Explain to me why I should drive to the office when none of my business partners are in my state... I'll wait
Seriously, I am tired of seeing excuses from all these people who sit around at their home all day slacking and walking their dogs, doing groceries and yoga while expecting to get paid for doing that where they should be in the office with their coworkers delivering real value.
It feels like a tight slap on the face of those of us in Sales and Operations have shown up everyday at work inspite of rain, snow or Covid.
Atleast they are doing one thing right.