I've had 2 peers that have mandatory 5x8 RTO leave the company and I'm on my way out. Of course, all our remote peers that WFH are sitting pretty. Over half my team is remote.
I'd love to see data on how many employees are voluntarily leaving.
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Virtual are next on the chopper if they are working and not shopping or watching Netflix. Lol
Why would you leave when you can keep helping the great company “put fiber in the ground”? And by that we mean digging a ditch and po----g in it!
If working in an office is a dealbreaker for anyone, they should have been gone a long tome ago.
If you think moving 1500 miles to sit in an office by yourself without colleagues at that site not a deal breaker than your an id--t.
All I know is some very highly funded initiatives are tanking as the Application SME's with the knowledge have left due to RTO and those backfilling are clueless to say the least.
…yet we still have to be in office 5x8, even though we worked all weekend.
If someone falls asleep at the wheel trying to get to the office for 5x8 after working all night and ki-ls someone, imagine the lawsuit.
That’s it lock the doors. Two people quit.
I am so glad they are leaving. Whew! It gives me more time to stay.
“AT&T is losing the seasoned employees with expertise that can't be replaced.”
LOL
As soon as I get another offer, not a second more. My favorite time of the day is walking out of this office. Sadly I work on a team where it’s a lot of nights and weekend work (that we get zero credit for), yet we still have to be in office 5x8, even though we worked all weekend. D-mbest thing ever. They really make it difficult for anyone to want to go above and beyond. There is 0 incentive. Most people have to mail it in and can’t wait to leave.
They cut office locations
Except where they show favoritism and don't. Case in point, NEW Charlotte Baich hub and numerous exceptions for "select" employees who continue to be able to work remotely or with at most 1x in office a month. While others are fired for not relocating.
Can I get a job flipping burgers remotely?
My last day is next Friday. Voluntary.
Putting in my notice next week. For those of you still looking - keep trying.
All the top performers are leaving. Lol.
Jealous eh?
“The problem is you people want absolute flexibility.”
Spot on!
Stop with "it's the zero flexibility". There is plenty of flexibility. Caregiver time. PTO. Bereavement time. The problem is you people want absolute flexibility.
This is exactly what the policy was intended to do. Make people leave without severance. They do not care about productivity, service quality or expertise. Their little wall street circlej--kpals are telling them they can replace all that with AI so getting rid of people for free is literally the ONLY metric being pursued by the C-suite.
Bye.
You don't get it. It's not the office requirement, it's the zero flexibility.
Clearly you don't have a long commute or outside responsibilities.
Just got a job offer yesterday that I accepted. No more RTO for me!
If working in an office is a dealbreaker for anyone, they should have been gone a long tome ago.
This brutal RTO policy is designed to force people out without calling it a layoff. They cut office locations and make you show up 5 days a week, knowing most won’t stick around. So yeah, tons are leaving voluntarily, sure, but only because the company made it impossible to stay.
Yes. AT&T is losing the seasoned employees with expertise that can't be replaced. I feel sorry for everyone that will have triple the workload without any of the skills.