I was told that Fiserv now has a 20 mile (office to home) maximum distance an in-person working employee can live. Is this true?
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I’m thrilled I left. Work remotely now. I haven’t put gas in the car for about 3 weeks now.
I sure don’t miss Atlanta traffic. Alpharetta with the 2 lane roads was a nightmare in rush hour and lunch hours as well.
Couldn’t imagine putting up with it again. Very happy it’s history.
Before I left, I had heard a 50 mile radius being considered for Alpharetta. Anyone at all familiar with traffic in Atlanta knows that a 50 miles commute can easily be 2 hours, especially if you have to drive thru the city. Then I heard "one hour when there's no traffic" (like on a holiday or a weekend) - but even that can be upwards of two hours in awful Atlanta traffic.
You can't have a one size fits all policy when the time to drive a specific distance is so varied between locations. What works in Nebraska is not going to work in Atlanta. Not everyone can to afford to live near a campus location.
Or, ya know, you could just let employees work where THEY feel they are the most productive. If they want to drive to an office, great - if they're more productive at home, let them continue to do so as long as they're meeting expectations. If you can't trust your employees to do the right thing, they sure as heck aren't going to trust you to do it either.
It’s shouldn’t be mileage, but average time. 30 miles at 60mph on the highway is 30 minutes. 30 miles on regular streets could be 1.5 hours
UPDATE // FYSA - This question is for the downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. Could this be an office-by-office or department policy difference?
20 miles? No way that's true. I'm 22 miles from my office and it takes less than 30 minutes because it's all highway. You are telling me I'm too far from the office?
What happened to Frank’s “relo or RIF” mandate?
There is no maximum distance but the general guidance has always been to allow anyone outside 60 miles to be considered remote. HR does ask all candidates, except sales, if they would be willing to be in the office regardless of distance.
All that being true don’t count on any assistance from sr mgmt…there are so many very highly paid people why would they care how far away you live from the office. Hawkins construction company recently gave their employees $2k to help offset inflation…very nice gesture
I can firmly say that nothing has been communicated to me. (In standard Fiserv fashion).
Gasoline priced going through the roof. Rising food ND other costs also increasing. We may end up full time remote again zoo