Do you think that will be a return to office policy after the REorg?
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Who’s excited for the food truck alley coming to the “reimagined” Office Center? 🙄
Mandatory return to work, full time starting on January 1st
What does making Cargill into a version of Target mean? There's not much there worth replicating. They had a couple solid years due to covid stimulus but have returned to being the mediocre retailer they always were. They have been doing silent layoffs for a couple years now and are quietly shifting as much work to India as possible, if that's what you mean.
Ever since the transition out of the pandemic, Cargill leadership has struggled with how to handle expectations concerning WFH and RTO.
There clearly are some on the executive team that yearn for the pre-pandemic days of five days a week in office with the occasional WFH to support medical appointments, child care needs etc. Other execs seem more supportive of remote work given the relative success during the pandemic. One thing they all agreed on was not to have Cargill serve as the trend setter - better to wait and see how other companies handled things. Hence the cryptic and non-committal "majority in office" guidelines that almost no one followed.
With the significant restructure and more companies clarifying their positions over the past year, plus a more general shift in power back to management from the employee in the labor market, Cargill has a better opportunity to set expectations in this area. I expect most offices in the US will require 3-4 days a week in office and managers (now having more direct reports through adjustments with span of control guidelines) will be expected to hold people accountable. Outside the US will likely depend by the geography's labor market and other employers; it's harder to have strict mandates in some parts of the EU than other countries.
Of course, the biggest question will be if such approaches hold if the company returns to a level of profitability where managers ask for more flexibility with their employees. But in the short term, being prepared to spend more time in the office is likely a realistic mindset to have.
Desire to make Cargill into a version of Target. Won’t work, flawed from the inception. But like TGT, keep your head on a swivel and look for better opportunities 24/7 even if you survive wave 1.
The “guideline” has been to be in person the “majority” of the time. Although, from what I see in the office center the days I go in, this is not being followed by most employees. I would expect stricter RTO after the layoffs are done
Why spend $100 million? I think absolutely yes, not sure if it will be 5 days but at minimum maybe 3. Question is how much flexibility? I know plenty who are at manager discretion right now and they don’t care how often, so that will be interesting to see how it plays out. Also wonder if location came into play for any roles during reorg - I know several who aren’t near mpls anymore and will be curious to see if that’s a deal breaker
Also heard..3 times a week for corp (not sure if it's true)
Heard that it’s a yes. Anyone else?