What BS do you think she is going to shovel our way tomorrow morning about the Pulse survey results/ RTO feedback?
Please make it fun, I am slowly dying at work anyway. 😫
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my manager approved my wfh days last year and hr gave me an IP anyways. So when they keep saying to talk to your manager when you need flexibility they are lying.
well that was useless and pretty scripted. Nothing useful in that quick 30 min blabbering
I noticed feedback was not requested at the end of the session. Go figure.
“Other time off available, if needed, such as leave” How does a company recommend taking a leave of absence over allowing WFH a few days a week or as needed. Absolutely ridiculous.
Learned something new - if you need the flexibility you can use your PTO. Thank you leadership.
These questions are so obviously not from associates
You called it. “Committed to working through the hard challenges” like stfu. You don’t care about us or our perspectives.
It’s so much simpler to just simply allow some flexibility. No need for all the “enhancements” I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of this place.
@b9 I’m OOO - I wish I could see it to catch all the BS gaslighting
@b9 The usual bs. High profitability. Lots of tailwinds and uncertainty. RTO working well. Extra offices to prioritise associate experience.
@as It's one of the things that makes my life as a people manager at Fidelity worthwhile.
When you've had yet another twenty-something moaning at you in 1:1s because their emotional support animal gets depressed during Connect Week, all you want to is double down on RTO.
And no, you can't get a support companion corp badge for Mr. Snugglepups here at Fidelity... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
The meeting is only for 30 minutes.
So, don't expect anything Earth-shattering. It will be underscoring the necessity of RTO.
The Q&A will be staged, pre-selected people.
@a4 I think she enjoys making the little people suffer
@ad man, at least some of y'all have campuses. In SLC all but 1 floor is just a fluorescent hellscape with "vibrant" color schemes from the early 2000s, that you have to walk through a train yard filled with human waste to get to.
It’s those spontaneous interactions at the water cooler that make it all worth while.
They'll treat the symptom, the lack of moral, by making the campuses 'better' while ignoring the cause, RTO. I heard they might even spin it as 'Return to Work'
I expect some empathetic olive branches - they'll pick some real feedback from associates about RTO and demonstrate how they're listening and acting. The kind of stuff that really doesn't matter but gives the downtrodden masses excuses to cling to.
They will insult our intelligence by framing this as a success and claiming everyone is happy to be back in the office.
@a5 you forgot the most important part: "... and continue to completely ignore any and all sentiment that resembles common sense and human decency"
@a5 that’s what’s it’s been historically. I’m sure any feedback shared will be highly curated to reflect what a positive experience in office work is and how it makes their jobs easier/more fulfilling/.
“We continue to listen and will carefully gaslight employee opinions when developing next steps.”
“We continue to listen and will carefully consider employee opinions when developing next steps.”
Anything short of Abby herself making a surprise appearance and walking back RTO will be seen as an abject failure. Like literally hat in hand admitting that she made the wrong call, despite the last 3 or 4 years of us pleading for ADDED flexibility, yet still actively choosing to ignore the voice of the masses who grind every day.
I expect to hear about all the positivity at Commonwealth Pier and how energized associates are. I think one theme will be all about how hard they're working/progress they're making on improving onsite experience. After all, that's why the results were negative right... it's because they haven't refurbished the buildings or had enough team building events.
The other theme i expect to hear "empathy". Not that anything will change or that the feedback will actually be taken seriously, just that they will be more empathetic. They have a great way of twisting feedback into actionable steps that completely miss the mark, are self-serving, and then thrown at us like we should be grateful. All solutions to problems they created in the first place
That “your opinion matters” and RTO is a necessity for “work of the future”.
I need to go wash my hands after typing that.