• Be open to finding solutions that work for both you and your leader.

Huh, funnily you and your leader already had a solution: Work From Home

Name and shame!

Ahh yes, the old “I can’t get an erection unless I make my serfs’ life miserable” policy adjustment.

Per the March All Hands discussion […]

i guess from experience that this was neither ‘all hands’ nor a ‘dicussion’. it was 'whoever[‘s logged in before office hours| doesn’t want to enjoy their lunch] gets to look at boomer memes and dull graphs for 2 hours while listening to the latest round of edicts graciously handed down by the Board.’

if you missed it, and you’re lucky, they recorded it. if you’re very lucky: you get an email with the slide deck and talking points for what could’ve just been an email to begin with.

That was a weird way to spell constructive termination.

I hope you file for unemployment from the date that takes effect.

It’s amazing how much mealy-mouth lies companies tell to avoid saying the obvious: “the shareholders demand that we implement RTO”.

60% of our employees are outside a reasonable distance to an office

So I guess this policy is basically layoffs without doing layoffs.

While your immediate team might not be present, being physically present can facilitate spontaneous interactions and drive connectedness cross-functionally

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You can also discuss adjusting your commuting times to minimize time spent on the road while still benefiting from being in the office with other employees.

Lol, how can commute times be reduced via a discussion?

I hate the trend of HR rebranding themselves as “The People Team”.

Looks like someone ingested the managers HR handbook or delegated the task to chatgpt.

I’d be polishing my resume.