A number of teams are reporting their managers are simply stating no WFH as they don't want to manage the exceptions etc. How lazy can they be? How hard is it to know your 7 people? They will lose talent and rightfully so. Not to mention the extra work from HR when people petition for accommodations which they will have to grant as this last year has shown the work can be done remotely - naysayers will disagree but when have of your time is across the country there no is "face to face" anyway.
12 replies (most recent on top)
@gpj+1beTJNMM - go ahead and sue!
Previous WFH agreements will be revoked later this year
I would say first off, no 1st, 2nd or even 3rd level manager are making this decision. Much higher up will set that directive. Secondly as a Production Manager, I absolutely do not like WFH. Yes there are some great employees out there and I do not question what they are doing with their time. Reality however is there are less of that group and far more of the "have to wonder what they are doing" group. Raw numbers help but that is only a piece of Production Management. Call it hypocrisy if you want but it is different as compared to front line and middle line employees.
Wells being Wells. Do as I say, not what I do. So many senior managers will and have for years worked from home. But it's important they make their directs show up as window dressing.
Chainsaw even left NY and worked elsewhere for a long period of time due to the pandemic and his nagging wife and kids wanting to be in an open state.
Hotel seating at the downward curve of the pandemic… a great way to spread every disease in Charlotte to everyone.
More lawsuits coming up in the future.
The hassle part is that they don't want to submit your exception to the OC
“ A number of teams are reporting ” this. A suspect statement for starters. How do they know the boss is doing this to avoid the hassle of exceptions? Did they say so, or is it an assumption being made?
It may be unfair to say these managers just want to avoid “hassle”. Senior leadership may be setting a really high bar — do it’s more than a mere hassle.
Like if one of Charlie’s direct leaders must approve any exceptions, of course managers are going to be really selective about escalating WFH requests. Not sure what the rules are, but in the past “exceptions” — say, to travel, or hire in high-cost markets in times of deep cost cutting — required very high-up approval, specifically to limit exceptions.
I'm not "hoteling" anything - you want me in the office you designate a seat period....
In our group, before the pandemic, wfh was used as a carrot, with each successive layer of management down the ladder taking the minimum production standard for wfh, and making it even stricter.
So with how bass-ackwards they are being about the hub strategy, and how obstinate they continue to be about sending people back to the office, I really don’t see the management here’s thinking suddenly advancing 20 years. Especially with crosshairs on the petty middle managers, who will be eager to both pass the buck and come off as arbitrarily tough.
lol your manager doesnt have that authority boyyo you gotta go up that chain a couple links and maybe ull get to the person making that call sory you are mad its just that ur manager is not the one making that call is all.
Managers want to continue WFH but they have no choice in the matter. No idea where you heard that, it’s completely wrong. WFH is in my opinion as a manager, much better than being in an office environment. No doubt, there are challenges with certain people but for the most part, I’m 100% for WFH. More people working, less people calling out. It’s much easier to manage work/home life balance when you WFH. It’s a win-win situation for everyone. WF should be looking at the advantages of WFH and make it permanent. They save money, we save money.
Yeah, of course! My previous manager Worked from Home FULL TIME pre-covid and beyond while asking all her directs to come into the office every day. The HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY! I refused to do it. Their entire team quit in under two years because they were pi---d off. It's just one more thing that is utterly ridiculous about this company. 80% of these non-customer facing roles don't even need to be in an office at all! Now, if you want a new role, you have to move at your expense! And then, they'll tell everyone coming back in September that their won't be a permanent seat for them, it will be hotel seating. This place is ridiculous!