5 days in the office

A number of posts here are referring to the fact that in the, by now infamous, Global Employee Meeting they were going to announce a full return to the office.
Is this speculation or do we know for a fact?

I am asking because if this leadership is actually considering forcing us to go the office 5 days a week then I know for a fact that they have completely lost the plot!

Accountability just in words and actions only aimed at creating mistrust and discontent. Unbelievable!!!

I have more than two decades under my belt. This used to be a cool company to work for.

JD in his email wrote “Over the last year and a half, we’ve proven the power, energy and magic that comes from us working together in person”.
Empty buzzwords again. Where are the facts? I bet you a lot of that ‘magic’ is lost in the commuting.

PK said in an interview that this is an industry that doesn’t lend itself to remote working because people want to feel the fabric and touch the product.
Maybe true for 2% of the entire company. Hardly a shred of a valid argument.

They can’t even agree on a consistent message or even articulate in a meaningful manner why we should go back to the office.
I have lost all confidence in this leadership. Sad!

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Lol, generally during peak like preseason, I really need concentration planning and calling off QSes, and the office is a completely disruptive environment with tons of marketing people trying to gossip and share how they spend their weekend and going to spend their holiday.
Would assure you productivity would not only drop, Im also not looking to spend my night in the office, so I cant finish my work due to 2h commuting then too bad, late launch then.
These guys really doesnt know.

Butts in seats people! If butts aren’t in seats and they can’t see you then you’re not working. Major eyeroll.. we’re all adults here.

Original plan was to announce 5 days in office starting FY25. As more details about the inhumane handling of layoffs come out and are made public, employees can hope for a delay but it won’t be long. Five days has been the goal for a while now, and ELT plus a lot of exec VPs are onboard. That’s the last phase of the ‘new culture’. Full supervision every day.

Many have seen HR Strat plan on 5 days in office

@qly just making stuff up. Just because you think it’s what happened doesn’t make it “fact.” Doesn’t even make sense. If 4:1 didn’t make you quit then 5 days won’t.

My (GT) teams get quantifiably less done after RTO. Its a combination of, among other negatives, people checking out because layoffs but I feel primarily commuting and focus related. The offices are an undesirable, poorly equipped and disruptive environment for engineers or anyone trying to be heads down.

A partner function conducted a survey on RTO which I've been able to view and feedback was unanimous, extraordinarily incisive and purely negative. No one wants to be in office for days we aren't purposefully meeting as teams. Flexibility is king, let teams govern themselves and provide COMPELLING reasons to CHOOSE to be on campus, not some illusory "collaboration" or whatever PK's garbled delirium was. Get out of the doers way and watch things improve.

Leaders and HR need to focus on problem children, not aimlessly blanketing destructive policies over the whole of corporate. Mandated RTO was already a losing proposition and 5 days will be no value added with crystal clear confirmation employee wellbeing and satisfaction are hollow goals.

They decided to delay the announcement until the new year given the pitchforks came out. This management team inspires zero confidence. This is our leadership? No wonder things aren’t working. These people couldn’t run a taco truck.

I've known in advance of the changes in office days 3-4 months in advance for each change and haven't heard a peep about 5 days. I'm sure it will come eventually, but if it does, it will not be this calendar year.

What they should do is pay people to leave. If they want to remove the dead wood, offer 3m of salary for people to move on. These fear tactics are bs and will only hurt the entire company. Threaten to layoff 2% while scaring the S--t out of 100%

Fact. They planned to.

They want people to be upset with 5 days in office and quit, avoiding pricy severance payouts.

Now this new anarchy scares ELT. Weighing the pros and cons- not easy.

Just Boomer's being fools. Can't adjust or stay in touch with the people and times.

"Remote work bad because bad, magic, unintelligent grunt!"

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