Figured I would start a new chain, was getting tired of hearing about Memphis
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Is today a holiday? Only saw 10 people at OHQ today. Enjoy your Friday holidays before RTO.
Look at who are leading this company. They have no foresight.
@dr , I'm actually surprised there's nothing in place for a radius already. I think most companies have been using 50 miles as the default. For remote employees, I think we will be asked to relocate closer or be let go.
@c1 2nd paragraph of the in-office update email had some interesting bits about remote employees. After saying that there are no immediate changes, it mentions they "will consider consistency within local communities near Medtronic sites, which may result in some changes."
Sounds like they're going to define a radius around existing MDT sites, and if you're within that, you're now a flex employee. For those outside the radius, who knows what will ultimately happen.
Exactly! Men who hates their family need company at the office.
Mandatory RTO for ALL employees regardless of hired remote/virtual. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!
Yes, eventually they want everyone back in the office.
Does anyone else think fully remote workers will be asked to move back to a medtronic office? I got hired remote and live in a different state. There's no medtronic office where I live.
@ak care to share the faw?
Anybody know what AI Biomed Guy thinks about this?
This announcement was planned. The job market is sh**. Medtronic knows that people will be too desperate to do anything about this new RTO mandate.
What’s even worse is we have to return to the office knowing that our jobs will soon be outsourced to India.
Something about Memphis has the most dangerous traffic and the people there have to return to the office. Apparently, GM doesn't care about people's circumstances.
I apologize.I have not heard, what happened in memphis?
GM pretty much said the quiet part out loud. He doesn't believe in RTO will bring more collaboration and improve the company. He just wants people to leave on their own. His goal is to squeeze as much money out of this company as possible.
@an TBH, fu-k the conditions of families with kids. I'm sick of taking calls with people in their cars picking up their kids from school or going out to get kids birthday party supplies. I have kids and I don't do this. You make arrangements. It comes with the territory of having kids that it costs you money and that you make sacrifices if you want to work.
I'm sick of having meetings interrupted by people's kids butting in and having to repeat myself. You're effectively working less, and getting paid the same as the rest of us to be less productive. Having kids is a decision and it meant sacrifices: either financially (child care) or work-wise (work part time and earn less).
Sorry, but kids is a bullsh-t reason, plenty of you were taking waaay too much advantage of it, it affects productivity, and your line of thinking is why we're all being forced to come back into the office.
GM said they considered the opinions of families with school aged kids who benefit most from work-from-home but said it was ultimately in the interest of the company to make the change to RTO. Think about that for just a few seconds. He said the company is getting rid of work life balance and doesn't really care how it affects people. Go back and watch it on Medtronic TV -- listen to the tone of his voice and you can tell he just does not care at all about the personal welfare of employees.
The RTO FAQ for managers is crazy. They want non-conformists fired without any grace whatsoever. Looks like you either come to the office and spread the plague or take PTO when you’re sick. No working from home.
@OP GM could not have been more tone deaf in his response to the RTO mandate questions in the town hall. Of course he will never admit the real reason for the mandate is to get employees to leave on their own so they don’t have to pay severance or unemployment, before they replace us with offshore, low-cost resources.
“We are an environmentally conscious company”, now get back to driving solo 4 days a week just because. All that oil won’t burn itself.
Nothing like finishing work and getting to stare at your cube wall for an hour. At least I will get rush hour coming home.
“Managers will have no discretion”. Cool dude. I would love to hear him defend his position after what he’s done to the company but then we would run out of time for them to pat each other on the back.
I don’t have advice anymore on how to enjoy your time within the company. Best I can come up with is duck and cover till they call your number.