It’s not even about going into office 3 days a week. It’s the forcing people to go in, just to sit in a cubicle taking meetings all day. It’s about spending hours a day in a car, in traffic. Let’s take Boston for example, spending 3+ hours a day commuting and 50 dollars a day in parking. If an employee cannot be trusted to work from home (even partially) then the rules should apply to them. Not everyone. I hope people continue to speak up.
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There is nothing they can do to you if you don’t go in. There are so many exceptions out there that they have legal problems if they try to enforce. I told my boss yesterday I’m not going in because nothing has happened for three years of not going in.
Verizon will lose work hours from employees. Those who worked at home were often starting early or working later due to not having a commute. That will now change. Nobody will go the extra mile anymore.
@OP The survey showed people are happier and more productive in the office. That’s good for V Teamers and Shareholders.
@ah oh, yeah, get off my lawn too!
@aw
Wow! You know a LOT about someone you don't know and never met!
Teach me your ways, Obi-Wan!
LOL
@aw TLDR. You WILL RTO or you WILL be terminated. Now get to the office.
It's funny that they trust the customer service reps to be in Egypt but I can't work from my home 50 min away from the office
Fight the man and join the 99% by calling out sick or using PTO on 9/9!
Will you just shut the F up already.
You're a complete imbecile if you think having your a-s glued to a corporate owned seat means you're doing meaningful work.
You clearly have no experience in anything remotely related to producing something of value and have clearly never been in charge of anything productive.
If you need to be lording over professional workers every minute of the day then YOU are the one that needs to go.
These people aren't stamping out widgets on a mechanized assembly line.
They aren't slaves that need to be watched over by an overseer.
You're a buffoon with no knowledge of why we even had offices in the first place.
The only reason we went to an office is because that's where the typewriters, mimeograph machines, secretary pool, and telephones were. Then came the computer and gone were the secretaries. Then came portable computers and internet service to the home and newfangled cell phone companies that provided remote, mobile communications for the masses and that did away with the need for centralized offices and that was 30 YEARS AGO. Forward looking companies then did away with the centric physical office idea. I know because I worked for one.
Your 1960s mindset isn't the future,
it's not even the present.
Your a dinosaur.
RTO is an industry standard get on board or get left behind
Yeah just don’t go. Put the target on yourself for termination. Better you than me. We all worked from the office before and we all will again. Get over it snowflake.
You must be in the office to actually work. No more free ride. Now get in the office.
@ah lol boomers who dont get it
@OP People used to have to go to work . I did , a big drive , only late once July of 1981 by 23 minutes , zero sick days in 32 years . made it to work during local government highway closings . People today are spoiled . Get to work . Period .
@ae yes there are many highly reputable companies that are 100% fully remote. They value their employees time, work life balance, and trust their employees. This is very disappointing and has caused /will cause morale issues. Happy employees are more productive. We are getting the cr— beat out of us by T-Mobile, and you would think they would be looking at ways to increase productivity, improve morale. And if the Executives were in touch they should start doing surprise visits and see what really happens when in office day's, most are not going to come in guaranteed. So disappointed with Verizon and our poor Leadership.
Is there still any major corp that is fully remote? You knew this was coming.
Honestly, just don’t go. Vz is all bark and no bite. They won’t do a damn thing if you don’t show up 3 days. Even underperformers that fail at their basic tasks rarely get fired. They just get reorged to another group. Don’t let vz intimidate you. Just do what you want cause they’re too stupid and disorganized to enforce anything.
Boo hoo hoo said all the hoos working from home in hoosville….
They know the impacts this has to us and they do not care. They are doing it anyway. They want people to quit.