So they think pulling this long roll out, staggering it over another year is going to quell the anger and frustration?
They must be gluttons for punishment.
I think the blowback has been pretty resoundingly negative.
I guess we’re all stymied by the lack of flexibility like pre Covid.
What’s the rationale?!
Have they just capitulated to the potential of being eaten up too?
I don’t get wanting a totally disenfranchised work force unless they know something worse is down the line for the company and all us indentured staff
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@an Definitely. They clearly weren't around for the better days. Pre-COVID hybrid flexibility was great.
The problem for me is that Fidelity broke that model with their d-mb hiring patterns post-COVID, the poor Agile transformation, and offshoring. For a lot of us engineers Fidelity is like a remote organization who put no effort into remote. RTO is just a sea of Zoom meetings. I can do some stuff well in person but I already hung out on Zoom for work/coffee with those people while WFH too.
@af huh? Hybrid existed for YEARS before covid. And during post-covid hybrid we had record growth, great productivity, and many BUs reported record cross functional job opportunities.
So they were either lying for the last 20 years or they're lying now
@OP the responses are as tone deaf and stiff as the mtg yesterday.
We created a modern workplace nimble and flexible that was highly productive. Slackers arrive in office or wfh they’re the dead weight no matter where you are. Don’t punish the hard working loyal professionals.
Period full stop
No. They think it will get everyone back at a desk as soon as possible. Fidelity failed to build a functioning hybrid/remote workplace because senior leadership never understood or wanted one.
Abby and her SLT don't want employees who can't buy in.
They pay you to work so just do what they ask or go elsewhere. Why would you work for someone you don’t believe in? There are too many scammers ruining it for everyone else.