Some people assure me that there are many full remote positions in other companies and that with a little luck and effort it is possible to get such a position, but that is not my experience at all.
Anyone else trying in vain to find a full remote position elsewhere?
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You can even search on hybrid... 2 days in office is better than 4!
There are many jobs out there allowing wfh. If you like the industry but hate Fiservant, look at Jack Henry.
I left fiserv and got a full time remote job in tech. It’s been the best choice for my overall happiness. The culture at fiserv was so poor. The remote jobs are still out there, you just have to look and apply often. LinkedIn has a toggle that filters only remote jobs. Highly recommend it as that’s how I found my job.
Remote or not. And acknowledging that as adults we know that business circumstances change--economic factors change, cuts, mergers bring redundancies and needs for "rightsizing"...I couldn't stay in an organization that flat out lies to associates thinking they're being clever and executing a brilliant strategy while misleading people about their near and long term futures. I've never felt more like a cheap piece of meat than during the last couple years at FISV. Games and lies all intended to only keep the noise down. A constant layer of fear underpinning high stress roles. Then add in if you manage a team and they look to you for guidance--and you're powerless. Those leaving aren't driven by "RTO" but fleeing pervasive toxicity. Each day on the outside, I recognize the PTSD symptoms and reactions that are NOT normal in other work environments. #fiservsurvivor #orangeribbon #itstheculturestupid
I think remote job postings are less common these days than they were a year or two ago, but they are still out there to a degree. That being said, I feel fortunate that I was able to snag a remote role when I departed from Fiserv a couple years ago. It was easier to find good quality remote roles back then, but I don't think it's impossible today. It may just take a bit more time and effort to find a quality job posting now.
Also, I think it's important to keep in mind that remote work was a thing long before the pandemic (many formerly-remote, long-time Fiserv employees will surely agree). As such, I wouldn't expect remote roles to just evaporate entirely, regardless of what the media and real estate moguls may be claiming these days. Sure, remote roles are less plentiful now than they were in 2021; however, that's to be expected, since many CEOs took what in my opinion was the wrong lesson from the great remote-work experiment of the pandemic.
Anyway, that's my two cents on the matter.
Check government contractors. They hire remote on some positions to save money on office space
Banks yes but technology companies? No. Especially mid-sized firms.
I'm taking one of two jobs here as processes play out. Both are full remote. And one is for a bank. So to answer the OP, yes there are still a ton of companies filling those roles.
I get recruiter emails daily for fin tech jobs fully remote
If you check other fortune 500s and banks on this website they seem to all have had a similar irrational push for RTO recently, some agenda in motion.