I'm under JZ then 2 H1B vp levels. Then Sr Director and Sr Mgmt offshore level. Sr Mgmt level and above for our team just does reporting on projects that they ask us workers to do for them to hand it to the next level. I was put on a RTO "bad" report for CA because I was out for vacation. That's not taken into consideration for being in office 4x's per week. My offshore leaders don't care. My India co-workers only come in 10 days per month to stay off the list. Job openings only show MN and WA need to be in office 4 days per wk. Is this so that Optum can claim that they are doing this for those state tx purposes when really it's due to country of origin, which is illegal? They are having US workers RTO in many states and not just MN and WA.
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@OP I have an RTO employee. Reporting 100% takes into consideration time away from work. However, if you only work 3 days one week, you HAVE to make that up otherwise it will show you as short. That is what has happened with my employee and why they ended up on the bad list.
@db these rumors have been swirling since the original RTO request 1 year ago. They can’t even get the people who are supposed to be in office to comply, so I have no idea how they expect a larger amount of people. Although, it may be easier to argue people need to be in office if not everyone on a team except 1 person is supposed to be in office. I live a town over from my boss, he isn’t expected to be in office, but I am. Make it make sense
I hate RTO as much as the next person but I do know that your manager has the ability to say that they want your role in office if you are within a commutable distance from the office. Is it fair? No, especially if you were hired remote or have other team members remote. Is it legal? Unfortunately yes
@ee Very possible, but the point of opening a ticket is to document for one's own benefit, obviously HR couldn't give a flying flip about the employee. If there is retaliation, then document that as well. The EEOC will be looking for this documentation as well.
@ee HR is to protect the company, not the emloyee
i wouldn't go to HR. i know too many people that were retaliated against by going to HR. plus HR does nothing about complaints against higher levels. i would go to an outside agency like EEOC. you don't have to go to HR first and are discouraged to if you know they retaliate.
The RTO was in MN and Washington DC, not WA state. There have been rumors of other RTO coming but who knows when.
I would at least open an HR ticket for documentation that you were unfairly accused of not complying with RTO policy. If they are using this as a harassment method, then it needs to be documented.
It's all about butts in seats to show someone is working.
It's not if you will be replaced by Indians, it's when.
You might as well brush up your resume and practice applying and interviewing.
between price of gas and commute time that 1% raise doesn't go far
Sounds exactly like my org structure under JZ. Just a giant offshore quadruple stuffed oreo