September 2024 the “Connected Car” teams that were told that they had to move to Atlanta, GA or Dallas, TX by March 30, 2025. There were team members in remote locations (ex. Oregon, California, Arizona), as well as, AT&T identified Core locations like Middletown, New Jersey / Bothell, Washington and San Ramon, California. My question, I understand the RTO policy is for all locations, but why should this affect workers that were hired in designated core locations by making them move across the country?? Follow The Work means you need to move where your manager is, that isn’t happening!! The full time employees were required to move, but the contractors that are managed by the FTEs remain in the location. There is no management in the location now to oversee the work the contractors are responsible for doing!!
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@1pq Contractors should now be moved from Bothell and Redmond to work with their sponsors! We shouldn't be expected to manage the team remotely since there are no co-located FTEs with them. How can you expect a team to produce from 8 to 5 PST when they are being mismanaged from Texas (CST-2 hours ahead) and Georgia (EST-3hours ahead) They should be managed by the folks that received an exception / pardon!!
None of it made sense. Contractors can be wherever (a couple came back as such), favorites were moved to a pre-sales org for protection, some got demoted, some (VP) got to stay in a location where others were told they had to move from (St Louis). Directors are still managing 2 locations, not one. Everyone isn’t centralized.
Zero sense in any of it.
Also losing contracts now left and right. No shock when you lose your best people.
@dp The big revenue is with the OEMs (like GMs Onstar service), not with the individual vehicle owner.
Just heard that this this team is working with the vendor to either move their contractors or have them vacate their positions in Redmond and provide new resources in Plano.
“ one of their devs might be pro apartheid in S Africa”
Virtue signal much? That’s ancient history, but history all the same.
Connected Cars is still a thing? Thought that was a fever dream from 2014 that died lol. “You can order pizza on the way home and have the driver meet you in your driveway as you pull up at home”.
lol the irony of connected cars
The connected car SVP also works for Levelblue, and one of their devs might be pro apartheid in S Africa
They.
Don't.
Care.
Stop thinking anything other than headcount reduction matters. Follow-the-work is just a PR ruse for layoffs. You have been laid off. Sorry to hear it, but I assure you the next company you work for will have better leadership.
RTO doesn’t apply to contractors in any org. It’s all part of the plan to reduce FTEs.