Have been hearing that rto will be 3 days a week for everyone. Didn’t they already try this and fail? It’s the people with options that are going to quit not the people they want to quit. Anyone in HR know more?
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Our building houses over 1,000 and we have 38 in the office lol. Real smart WF.
For the record, in some larger buildings there is no light switch. They are either motion sensed or they have those special keys (like your high school janitor had) to turn them on. If they turn on by motion sensors then you have to find the right spot out of 200,000 square feet to walk passed.
I have a feeling the guy turning the lights on in your office doesn’t want to be there either
It’s really disrespectful to employees who turned on a dime to go from the office to work from home. We made it work. In some cases it worked better. Now people have built lives around no commute and they are going to take it away with very little warning. That’s why people are angry.
If you need any to work in the Dark, find a new job.
Ps I'm not a boomer
The same boomer who turns the lights on is probably paying his/her own light bill with a check to this day. on top of that I would bet he/she drives to the post office to pay for parking there just so he/she can have the satisfaction of mailing it out to them.
I love working in the office with the lights off! Inevitably a boomer will arrive and turn all the lights on but until about 8am, it’s awesome working in the dark.
I love working in the office with the lights off! Inevitably a boomer will arrive and turn all the lights on but until about 8am, it’s awesome working in the dark.
This has been 5ye case for six months.
Also, it's hilarious people are complaining about the lights. Are you incapable of turning them on yourself?
3 days a week has been mandatory for non ops staff since april. various ops units have also been 'called back' over the following months and the company wide policy is 3 day minimum.
as others have posted, if you have eyes you can see that this 'mandate' is not being followed. I talk with people from locations all across the country (including NYC) and it's the same story - ghost town.
I think 'they' (exec mgt) are struggling with what to do given how widespread non-compliance is. One hypothesis circulating among my work friends is that at year end the badge reports will suddenly show up with "guidance" to take people's compliance (or lack thereof) into account for YE review and bonus (if eligible)
@nvp+1iPW8WoH, agree. Three days isn't going to ki-l anyone. I swear! Lazy!
If keeping a chair warm was one of the duties in my job description, I'd agree with you. Regardless of my location, all collaboration is remote. Phone, email, Skype, and Teams. No one in my chain of command is at my "assigned location", no one even close or in a supporting role. Going into a building is a complete waste of time. There is no sound business justification for RTO for employees like me. This is why it should be up to management, not those in the glass tower in NYC, who have no idea what employees do or what makes sense from a WFH/RTO perspective.
I wonder if we are in the same building. Lights are kept off at my building too. I am just doing my part to help conserve energy costs by keeping them off when I go into the office.
At what point do they decide it isn't worth keeping the building anymore? Do the people who make those decisions even know the building is so empty?
My assigned floor is so deserted the lights are kept off. That's right. Spend 8 hours in office in the dark with only the lighting in the cubicle, three days a week. No thanks. One day a week is too much as it is.
If you can't be in the office 3 days what good are you, seriously?
For real. It’s like the impending failure no one has the courage to discuss. Speak up HR…