Thread regarding Wells Fargo & Co. layoffs

Well at a session in London when leadership from the US was holding an all hands - this question was asked - the answer was the “Market” is open 5 days a week we will work 5 days a week .. with a look of disbelief that this was asked .. so keep dreaming at WF

RTO affirmed to me that we live in a simulation to the ones in power and are easily controlled.

I wish this company would let us come in fo days a week, from home!

You can dream but don't expect the WF sheethole to do anything that might benefit employees.

They actually doing 4 days at 8 hours each. It is not a full 40 hours. They are seeing employees maintaining their productivity levels with the 32 hour work week.

I used to work 5 tens, then RTO happened and I'm back to 40 hrs. In spite of that, FRTO.

I could easily handle a 4x10 or even a 3x12 and still meet all my obligations for work. I'm more efficient than most, though.

How about 4 x 8 hour days?

We don't need to be stuck with "40 hours" for all eternity. That standard went into effect around 1938.

Haven't we progressed since then?

Imagine thinking you can be in optimal health by working under blue light, poor air quality and tight shoes for 40+ hours a week.

I’ve had a four-day work week before (college if it counts; I didn’t have Friday classes). This lasted one semester and I’ve gotta say it’s pretty impossible not to have an incredible quality of life. I was still productive as well.

As an individual contributor in my current role though, I’ve gotta think losing 20% of my working days in a year would affect my production a decent bit - there’s just no way it wouldn’t. There’s only so many calls you can make/clients you can see in a finite amount of time; decreasing that time is inevitably going to lower numbers.

I worked at a company who tried this in the 90s. Started off great! Everyone was happy, getting a 3 day weekend every week. Then, over time, people started needing “just an hour two” on Fridays for paperwork, or meetings, or to check on a job that ran. Before you know it we’re all working four 10 hour days and one 4 hour, then 6 hour, then 8 hour day.

People wound up unwinding back to five 8 hour days on their own. IT here would drop dead doing this. Most of us work 10-14 hours five, six days a week as it is.

Those were always pre-Covid concepts.
WFH Is the new norm. RTO is for desperate individuals.
Think about your quality of life. If you think you can make some real money by RTO, then, by all means.
If you cherish your family, your free time and ability to travel around the country at leisure, then WFH is for you.
For me, WFH has been Delightful! The days go by faster, I only think about work when I check my emails, I’m always flying around the country thanks to Wi-Fi on the airplanes.
I actually feel like I’m being quietly fired and quietly quitting at the same time. Finally, it’s amazing how fast two weeks go by and I get my paycheck. So, seriously consider working from home/remotely.