Thread regarding Charles Schwab Corp. layoffs

I was in a similar situation as you...baby had a very weak immune system, dr's said "if they get sick, they can die." I took this to my greeaaaaaat manager and his response was "I guess you can talk to HR." HR dragged their feet, approved it for 6 months and said I would have to reapply every 6 months.

Thankfully I got laid off and in October.

I have a legitimate medical condition but no, they can't question forms from your doctor. When you submit an HR ticket, they will give you a 2 page form that the doctor needs to complete. They don't have to reveal too much about your medical condition but they have to complete an accommodation recommendation which can be work from home.

@1kaa+1qjuL9wp can you speak more about this? You literally just went to the doctor to say "I'm anxious about going back into the office, could you write me a medical note saying 'you shouldn't go into the office, docs orders' " and upon delivery Schwab can't say no?

Just get a medical letter for your own issue. Even if it is anxiety leaving your wife and baby. They cannot question a medical letter. I got a medical accommodation, it was easy. HR will just check with your manager to make sure they approve. It does need renewed every 12 months. Good luck.

Having successfully received an accommodation the divert going into the office, I can tell you with 100% certainty that you will have to ‘recertify’ the medical accommodation every six months. It’s complete BS.

@mlr+1qjuL9wp

As much as I want to see Walt and his student, Rick lose their sh-t over people not showing up… I highly doubt this actually happens at a scale wide enough to warrant company-wide communication

The $64,000 question - how many people do you think will refuse to return to the office, risking being let go as a voluntary resignation? I don’t see that water cooler trick working either.

I was able to get a medical accommodation and there is no time window on this. Go ahead and start the process with an HR ticket. I also found out via HR that the 6 month exception reevaluation is not to give people WFH but to take it away if they want. I would not put much hope into that and go the medical accommodation route.

Door number three.

Don't go in.

Seriously. Dozens of us aren't. No muss. No fuss. No declarations. We just aren't doing it.

And others are going in and then leaving so their badges are recorded. Or they are staying and simply chatting at the water cooler. I think the badge bit is silly but agree with the message.

What's the message when we should all follow the golden rule? We were hired for intelligence and to get a job done. We proved that we could with the largest financial services merger in history.

If there's a performance problem managers should call it out. If there is a specific meeting or project that demands presence most of us would respect that.

But telling us we have to be in four days a week (PL) or three (IC) for corporate culture? We should contribute to climate change and stress and higher expenses because? We aren't smart enough to know when a Teams video conference needs a cubicle background versus a den?

Corporations can fire us. But it is insulting to have Walt tell us WFH is working and then pull out the rug weeks later with nonsense like 50 mile commutes.

i dont believe the HR accommodations require a time window.