Principal Financial-Remote work

[BryceC]

Should be on managers to communicate that down. What I typically see though is this coming from the very top, mandated down the line, managers given little info, training, or support for the rollout. And even worse the whole "it's up to each team to decide how to implement" again, no guidance for the manager. Which immediately leads to frustration, disengagement, and inconsistency across the company.

There should be better communication for sure, and for the record I’m against this RTO stuff in general.

But if there is any kind of RTO in place, anybody with half a brain can assume the intent is not to have people drive to the office, swipe in and out, and then immediately leave. That’s just dumb and they know better.

 

[ClonerJams]

Employment related, how long would you give a job before deciding it isn't for you?

 

[isufbcurt]

Easy fix. Fire those people.

I don’t understand why everybody needs to have benefits removed because the likely worst employees behave poorly. Fire them and take a chance on somebody else.

Most people are afraid of confrontation. It's easier for them to address the group as a whole and not deal with the specific problem. One of my pet peeves about corporate culture.

 

[alarson]

Its probably worth noting that a decent number of the places that have done forced RTO (not saying principal, necessarily) have done these as a way to do quiet layoffs after hiring quite a bit the prior few years. They can announce a policy like this and the number of people who quit will reduce their headcount for them without having to publicly announce layoffs (unfortunately for them though, it often means the best people with the most options will be the ones leaving)

 

[isufbcurt]

Employment related, how long would you give a job before deciding it isn't for you?

As soon as you get the feeling

 

[Clark]

Not to mention retaining talent. Hiring and training new people because someone left due to changes in company policy costs a lot of money and productivity

I actually think you'd have more turnover with WFH employees than an office employee. A WFH employee could literally work for any company in the world that offered WFH. An office employee has far fewer options.

I think WFH is the most cost effective way to run a business, but that is entirely dependent on the industry you're in. In my line of work (public accounting), that really doesn't work but hybrid models seem to work pretty well.

 

[cowgirl836]

Its probably worth noting that a decent number of the places that have done forced RTO (not saying principal, necessarily) have done these as a way to do quiet layoffs after hiring quite a bit the prior few years. They can announce a policy like this and the number of people who quit will reduce their headcount for them without having to publicly announce layoffs (unfortunately for them though, it often means the best people with the most options will be the ones leaving)

also gets them out of paying severance/any required benefits.

 

[JM4CY]

As soon as you get the feeling

I’ve had that feeling the last half a decade.

 

[Gunnerclone]

So it was all good when PFG was beating earnings consistently, but now it’s not because of one decent miss?

 

[houjix]

It's because they had a team look at badge swipes and realized that people were only going to the door, swiping in and swiping out. People just need to not abuse everything

My wife never abused it as I think it was literally one day. And she also ended up putting in over 10 hours that day. She's a salaried employee that has team members local and throughout the country and easily puts in more than 40 a week. What made the whole things worse it they went to hotel seating and Tue-Thur ends up being a nightmare. She tries to always do Mon & Fri for two of her days as those are the lowest volume days.

 

[FarminCy]

Significant other works for Principal, she’s already been doing 3 days a week so this won’t impact her at all. She volunteered to do hybrid awhile ago as she felt full remote wasn’t good for her mental health and she loves being hybrid. Do know there are senior level people not happy with the decision. Their belief is this is too wide sweeping and doesn’t take into account what type of roles people are doing. They fear they will lose some talented people that in person has no benefit to their role.

 

[Shawker]

I work remotely full-time and if I'm being honest I'm probably about 10% less productive at home than I was in the office BUT I'm working at least 10% more due to not having a commute so it evens out.

 

[Jer]

A co-worker stopped a guy from taking my breast milk from the office fridge. He claimed he thought it was creamer even though it was marked with my name on it.

To be fair, @CoachHines3 does that to everybody.

 

[CoachHines3]

To be fair, @CoachHines3 does that to everybody.

idc if it has your name on it or gods name on it if its in the fridge and looks like tit milk its gettin' drank by me.

 

[KnappShack]

idc if it has your name on it or gods name on it if its in the fridge and looks like tit milk its gettin' drank by me.

I'm a straight from the tap guy.

 

[CoachHines3]

I'm a straight from the tap guy.

ive tried to get the ladies in the office to take me in the wellness room with them

no dice yet

 

[JP4CY]

I work remotely full-time and if I'm being honest I'm probably about 10% less productive at home than I was in the office BUT I'm working at least 10% more due to not having a commute so it evens out.

My wife says commute and lunch are big. She is kinda working those times now.

 

[Jer]

ive tried to get the ladies in the office to take me in the wellness room with them

no dice yet

Well when you stated that meditation requires all clothing comes off to truly connect, that might have been the giveaway.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

My wife never abused it as I think it was literally one day. And she also ended up putting in over 10 hours that day. She's a salaried employee that has team members local and throughout the country and easily puts in more than 40 a week. What made the whole things worse it they went to hotel seating and Tue-Thur ends up being a nightmare. She tries to always do Mon & Fri for two of her days as those are the lowest volume days.

She has to work for Wells Fargo.

This whole RTO is a poorly run plan to get people to quick so they dont have to pay severance. Problem is people that have been there 15+ years arent leaving and are holding out for that 60 day notice plus 2 weeks per year of service.

 

[CoachHines3]

Well when you stated that meditation requires all clothing comes off to truly connect, that might have been the giveaway.

just wanted to really be able to connect on a personal level