Got notified yesterday by my one up to insure my badge was still viable (and also to make sure I still had it). Not really a big surprise. I knew it was eventually coming. We had already had it mentioned during a larger org meeting that it the as on their RTO “to do” list for October. Office anxiety aside, I found it a little unusual that out of a group of 9 direct reports, that I was the only one to get that notice from my one up. She should have sent it as part of a larger distribution. All 9 of us work in the same office, after all?
We have a somewhat contentious, passive aggressive relationship. She hates me. I hate her. It’s a whole thing. The prospect of RTO and having to deal with this individual in person again is keeping me up at night. Walking away isn’t something I take lightly after 12 years, but the psychological back and forth, being warehoused for 18 months at home, not being communicated with, and left out of the loop till the last possible moment on decisions that impact workflows and overall organizational productivity has become common place.. and I work in corporate risk.
So, the long and short, should I just quit now (I’m going to do it anyway) or wait to see what happens in October with Covid surging and increased chatter of domestic unrest in the US? I feel like Wells Fargo is just going to let it rip and take their chances on RTO, only to have to reverse course due to optics and mismanaged threat assessments.
Call their bluff or fold?