Rto in atlanta asking each employees to reserve their seat/desk each day. Only open 14 days out and you need to check in your reservation 30mins prior or 15 after the reserved time otherwise it would auto cancel. Rinse repeat for next week. So reserve 3 days every week spend at least 20 mins doing this. Not sure how it would be next week.
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The cubicles are big. You all can share them.
I'll just head straight to the basement with my red stapler
Not with that stapler. Oh and do you mind taking care of the cockroach problem while you're down there?
I'll just head straight to the basement with my red stapler
“ Yes you are missing the point here big time. Each team isn't an island. There are teams who support you or vice versa. Also teams you don't interact with but they serve a purpose at att. In person contact w teams you work with and teams you don't helps you to have a better idea of the role of your team towards the success of att and how your team can better assist. With all or most people working in a vacuum, not knowing or caring about how they fit into the big picture fosters a disjointed, inefficient organization.”
Except those teams and people you speak of, are scattered across the country and not in my team’s location (which is also scattered). See how that makes no sense unless we are ALL in the same location, but due to the nature of the work, everyone has to be different places.
Keep drinking the koolaid.
I am sure a...ss..h...ol..e.... Stinkey is smiling wide about his lil schtick here with his low iq friends like .. cowcum ross and mcrotten on the side. They think they are being slick. Have everyone report 3 to 5 days, oohhhh reserve your seat prior and make sure you check in. Boy. What a low class leadership.
All the complaining before this even starts could lead to the company deciding who reports “on what days”. This will be the attempt to push everyone just a little further over the line. They will use it to “balance occupancy” (get rid of more people by saying you’re the person assigned to the office on a Friday) or so they will say. Disgraceful.
"I thought collaboration meant sitting with supervisor and other team members. The “role” can only be done by collaborating with your team. Am I missing something?"
Yes you are missing the point here big time. Each team isn't an island. There are teams who support you or vice versa. Also teams you don't interact with but they serve a purpose at att. In person contact w teams you work with and teams you don't helps you to have a better idea of the role of your team towards the success of att and how your team can better assist. With all or most people working in a vacuum, not knowing or caring about how they fit into the big picture fosters a disjointed, inefficient organization.
No jeans and t-shirt. Formal office attire required.
I think we all know of people who no longer have assigned seats. Yes, they are still on more of a hybrid model, but it's happening. Part of why some companies haven't gone 'back to the office,' cause they don't have the office anymore; sold it to make ends meet or cause not enough people using it and it was a resource drain.
T seems to be one of the few, but more likely the only one, who is going back to the office without enough office left. But that lends more toward their ultimate goal of downsizing the company as a whole. As someone mentioned before, these sites likely won't be overcrowded for long with surpluses and outsourcing.
Come Monday will be a telling tale in some of the hub cities that have 7/10 as the mandatory report date for those sites.
*The situation you describe where there is no assigned seating for people wishing or occasionally needing to drop into an office
Is not even remotely the same as requiring people to to (sic) work in a space for which there isn’t enough seating.*
This accountant is in the office 4-5 days a week if not at a client; remote working is for if you're en route to a client, etc. It is NOT just an occasional need thing. It's what everybody does at this Big 4 firm office. While I don't know if there would be a shortage if no one was at a client and everyone was in the office, I know for a fact that in-office workers DO NOT have assigned seats. Not first-year associates, not senior associates, not manager, not senior managers. It is at a building in the same city as one of AT&T's new hubs. So go lie to someone else!
“It's actually not that uncommon“
Yes, it is.
Please don’t try to normalize this.
The situation you describe where there is no assigned seating for people wishing or occasionally needing to drop into an office
Is not even remotely the same as requiring people to to work in a space for which there isn’t enough seating.
Notice email and top of help link in email state workstations are “first come/first serve basis”. It isn’t until bottom of help link it states that Atlanta is required to reserve a workstation
Also, GRE states approximately 3600 people assigned to Alpharetta. Only 1 building open and that has 1.5 floors ( floor map. Has about half of a floor as a restricted area) with 1600 parking spaces.
Lots of issues with a rushed decision
Wow. Not much accounting for traffic or other unforeseen circumstances that can jack up your timeline on a given day...
Bruh… of all the things to complain about this takes the cake. You’ve never been to jury duty, a funeral, a job interview? Yes some of us have to show up on time every single day. It’s not that hard, you can do it. I believe in you.
Competing for seats at your place of employment.
It's actually not that uncommon. Know an accountant who works for one of the Big 4, and they have the same setup. No assigned seats, just come in and find one where you can. Can't bring or store anything at work, in any desk drawers, etc. They do, however, have the liberty to either work remote and/or at a client when needed.
All the bickering aside, just stop and think about the sheer lunacy of this. Competing for seats at your place of employment. It’s remarkable that it’s come to this.
Definitely do it on company time.
How stupid.
I thought collaboration meant sitting with supervisor and other team members. The “role” can only be done by collaborating with your team. Am I missing something?
I actually didn't weigh in at all on the seating issues. I weighed in on your response that devolved into a meltdown and attack on someone you obviously perceived as inferior to you as "management."
whf+1nuxsH38 Take your self righteous act out of here. If you think this is the way to go, for employees to find a seat each week and enter the cubicle number several times and hinders my teams and my productivity then you also need to be fired. You are ok with this insanity? Great. Start your own path on the back thread. I was replying to a comment with 11 downvote. Get lost somewhere in 9 hubs. See you there.
This is so transparent and quite easy to understand. Those that were asking how they will track RTO , here you go. It is going to become so difficult, people will begin to leave or will be written up for a violation. It will be unbearable.
It’s a interesting world we live in when our employer makes us believe it’s OUR job to find a place to sit at work.
I have heard supervisors say if you find no space that doesn’t mean you can go home.
I would like to call that corporate bluff. Not sure how that would go in court.
“I drove in as requested and my employer had no space for me to work.”
I believe a the legal system would favor the employee who attempted to work, over the billion dollar corporation who couldn’t provide a desk even though they mandated you to come in.
This mindset is similar to the company telling you to come to work and when you show up they won’t unlock the door and let you in, but it’s your fault???
Dear Mr. F2,
You come across as a condescending piece of . . . work. I can only hope that you are an L1-2 with no direct reports. Heck, as fellow management, I'm not sure you'd be a great teammate. While we don't have to clock, that doesn't give us carte blanche to show up whenever we want and belittle those "below" us. We are not better or smarter by virtue of being management; I have met some very intricate, smart, and anything-but-basic craft who know far more in some areas than I ever will or could.
Typical “Chinese fire drill” courtesy of the incompetent, crooked, egomaniacs at the ‘helm’.
If it’s anything like previous RTO mandates they’re will be plenty of open seats in a couple weeks.
Wow 15 minutes flex time. Please don’t complain about that. If I’m one minute late logging into the phone I get asked where I’m at. I understand it’s an adjustment and you deserve better but the people in charge don’t see it that way. 15 min would be a luxury.
@cua+1nuxsH38 LOL. You have made too many incorrect assumptions...and grammatical/spelling errors.
“If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.”
Vince Lombardi
: @eoh+1nuxsH38 Thr focking difference is if ur late, ur late and still get to work. With the new system if ur late u dont have the ability to work on a desk. So where shud people work? If they forget to click check in on the desk they reserved???? Most managers arent freaking hourly like your skills. We dont have a set time. We compensate. You are too basic to understand. You should have been fired.
I was surplussed from AT&T in 2015. I remember having to reserve a desk. We finally got assigned desks at the end of my tenure. At my current employer we are tracked by our badge swipes in and out. We do have an assigned desk too. AT&T prepared me for this type of thing
Ridiculous for salaried & senior level workers...
They'll probably start passing out ankle monitors next.
Wow. Not much accounting for traffic or other unforeseen circumstances that can jack up your timeline on a given day...
What do you mean? Everybody has to calculate what time they arrive places. And guess what--most jobs aren't going to give you a 45-minute window to actually show up. If you had kids, how the heck did you ever get them there on time?...You don't get a grace period time to show up! Even doctors, dentists, hairdressers, etc. will cancel your appointment if you're 15 minutes late. Always add time for traffic. (That's why you can check in 30 minutes ahead of time verifying you're there.) If you go through life planning to arrive AT 8:00 for an 8:00, you're probably late to sh-t often.
Oh no. If I lose my seat I will have to work from home.
Clothing optional collaboration zones -- brilliant!
To spoil the surprise...the newly added 1277 is a call center setup....all desks have a 1 ft
wall...will make you long for the good ol days of having a cube.
you'll definitely have the chance to collaborate and make new friends - as you are looking at each other for 8 hours.
I personally will assert dominance by taking all meetings on speaker.
Welcome to Thunderdome
It's hard to believe that it's 2023 when a telecommunications company is resorting to musical chairs, a half-azzed 'reservation' scheme, and forced office appearances for people who work with colleagues across the nation.
But then again, T is on the leading edge, aren't they?
Don’t forget to “Check-In” or you will LOSE your seat!!!!!
Why not just use the facial recognition cameras to check you in automatically. They have already installed the AI sensors (cameras) to check your behavior and mood. Next cost saving step could be to remove keyboards and also let the same cameras type for us since we are being recoded going forward.
They should provide us assigned seating. Reservation system and it cancelling reservation after 15 minutes is a nightmare.
I am so glad to get back to the office and see all my coworkers in person.