So many employees have people who are in high-risk groups for COVID and who managed to stay safe for nearly two years. If we return to the office now, it's all but guaranteed that so many of us will get the virus and give it to our loved ones. The way Omicron spreads, there's no chance for it not to happen. So people who were so careful and survived for nearly two years can now get the virus and die because somebody at BofA decided they want us in the office NOW. How can those people sleep at night?
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"Primary Colors, a novel... on politics. Atlas Shrugged has more relevance. Read it."
True. But it's not the novel that's relevant, but rather how the author was identified. Too many people have forgotten (or never learned) that lesson. The original response to it here was cringe-worthy.
@ OP "If we return to the office now, it's all but guaranteed that so many of us will get the virus and give it to our loved ones."
- Death and taxes are the only guaranteed items in life.
"It's a book. Research it online and understand its [ cultural reference ] and how it applies here. An anonymous author was identified thrift analysis of their writing style. Even I got their reference, and I got my degree in Computer Science because I despised English class. You've really shown your ignorance. If one did the same level of research on WFH in a pandemic, we just opened a window into a lot of our problems. "
- Primary Colors, a novel... on politics. Atlas Shrugged has more relevance. Read it.
" At the time I received the degree, I decided to go out on a limb and do a thesis on working from home and the impact it has both mentally and physically. I wonder if BOA executives would be interested in reviewing my 16 month research?
In fact, I now wonder if the university I attended has pulled my A+ 120 page document at which I granted permission to publish from their archives for post-pandemic use. "
- 16 months of research and the production of a 120 page document to tell me that working hard, regardless of location. can impact an individual mentally and physically? I hope I don't have to pay off your student loans. Then again, maybe you got a full ride, good for you. Had I known I would have saved you 15+ months of research and a minimum of 119 pieces of paper.
Thanks! The anonymous posting capitalized words without referencing why the words were capitalized (a book, a movie), and since I’m not much of a reader of political satire the words were meaningless to me, not ignorant. I didn’t research WFH during a pandemic, like what 🤨 read the posts again and come back to me correctly. And If you could see my face then you’d see the face of someone who could care less if I’m identified by my writing. Call it egotistical, petulant, arrogant, cavalier, ignorant or any word to make you feel important✌🏼
WFH clearly has me bored to be waisting time on here. Ok going to get a life. You all keep returning to this site looking to find out who is returning to which office where and when 🕊
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It's a book. Research it online and understand its cultural reference and how it applies here. An anonymous author was identified thrift analysis of their writing style. Even I got their reference, and I got my degree in Computer Science because I despised English class. You've really shown your ignorance. If one did the same level of research on WFH in a pandemic, we just opened a window into a lot of our problems.
If you still have access to Proquest review some of the recent white papers, thesis entries, and dissertations on RTO. You would be surprised, the overwhelming empirical evidence supports hybrid work, not full time RTO. (There are studies that support full time wfh for certain jobs).
Research evolves. While I commend your work, data has evolved significantly from pre-covid times both in qualitative and quantitative studies. Even if your paper evolves, leadership will not care. That is why we gave to support each other. The five day rto work week is a thing of the past.
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Why did you capitalize the words primary colors? 🤔 May I suggest taking an online English course to assist with writing in sentences and proper capitalization usage? It could assist with your career in the long run 😬.
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It doesn't take Primary Colors to figure out who's who on this board.
Search "lazy" "pajamas" "television" "work!" "Pump gas" "restaurant" et cetera and it's no secret it's all the same person. Someone lets their emotions get the best of them as they post with a sense of arrogance and superiority, and it's a dead giveaway.
IDGAF where I work from, but I’m not getting a booster shot when there is so much controversy as to whether these shots even work. This has got to stop. The only way it stop is if we all say no more shots and we work from home until we figure out the best protocol. Clearly these shots , which have no long term studies, are not in the best interest of those of us who have already got 2 doses that don’t even friggen work.
Enough is enough.
I won’t quit, but I am not getting a 3rd jab.
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You have me confused with someone else who obviously feels the same way I do, because yesterday is the first post I’ve ever made on here. You mentioned 20+ posts, not from me.
Honestly, I’m tired of reading the rabid dog bites from the many who want to remain working from home. It’s unrealistic. Those that will pull all stops to remain working from home, such as not reporting vaccination status or not getting vaccinated to prevent a RTO date. Reading these posts reminds me of Gollum from Lord of the Rings protecting “my precious” aka WFH.
My educated opinion is collaboration happens in the office not at home, sorry. For one, there is a HUGE mental stability issue progressing from people working from home. How many have put on excessive weight since March 2020? How many have gone 1-3 days without showering? Trust me, once the band-aid is ripped off and folks are back to commuting Monday-Friday you fall right back into the normal habit of exchanging your time for money to buy a new house, new car, new boat or whatever meaningless possession makes your dull lives happy to keep paying taxes to the government who continues to misspend it.
I would love to remain WFH but we are returning. No amount of employee unhappiness will change that. Businesses set employment guidelines.
I’m sorry but this talk of “people just wanting a paycheck” is total capitalistic, billionaire bs talking points to get the worker to give more than what they’re paid for.
We aren’t a family, we aren’t stakeholders, you don’t decide anything for the bank. You are an employee and you exchange your time for money, period. If they ever needed to fire you to boost their bottom line they would do it without any consideration.
The US has notoriously bad workers rights, they’ve abolished unions, they’ve done away with pensions and they have instilled this work til we drop mentality. Because of this, we have all been brainwashed that we have to dedicate our lives to work, and working for a paycheck is somehow considered filthy.
Check out the r/antiwork subreddit to become more empowered and to recognize that we are stronger together.
@1qxr+1eJMqq27 Unfortunately your lob is an outlier, most departments I’ve interacted with found a lot less teamwork and shared learning than in office. I think some positions would benefit and prosper at home, but unfortunately the best way to filter them out is to take everyone back to office, then after we see who cares about the success of the company vs who just wants a paycheck, they will reward those willing to follow their leadership with hybrid options. Never full WFH though.
It's all over Flagscape and in meetings we were told we've been the most productive and share holder profits have superceded expectations. Also people waste more time in the office.
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That response was written so
much more effectively. Use that tone to promote RTO to everyone and avoid the language you used in your last 20+ posts (it's very easy to tell which are yours) where you come across as petulant and egotistical. Defend RTO without labeling all workers who dislike commutes or who have remote managers as lazy & whiny and other names simply because you have trouble reaching certain people. Leave the name-calling to the juveniles among us, please. Moving on, how does your thesis reconcile negative mental health with overloaded hospitals that coincided with more human contact over the holidays? Mental health may need a thesis to explain the impacts, but hospital overload is real and is obvious. I'm curious for details.
Nice. I’ve now been assumed to not support LGBTQ, which I one thousand percent do support; I’ve been called sad and low I.Q. Im not a genius but I do hold a graduate level degree with which I received several years ago pre-pandemic.
At the time I received the degree, I decided to go out on a limb and do a thesis on working from home and the impact it has both mentally and physically. I wonder if BOA executives would be interested in reviewing my 16 month research?
In fact, I now wonder if the university I attended has pulled my A+ 120 page document at which I granted permission to publish from their archives for post-pandemic use.
Tip of advice to the person who referred to “sad little thing” and used the paragraph, “ I think we all need to stop responding to this low IQ individual who keeps insisting that those that prefer working from home are all lazy”: 1. This is not a sentence or paragraph and 2. Anyone who uses the term “that” two times in one sentence show his/her education level, because a graduate level individual would not use “that” in ANY sentence EVER and 3. I’m not insisting all sit in PJ’s and take naps but my job has become 1,000% more difficult, because I’m finding it harder and harder to get people to respond by email, phone or communicator.
To add, It’s time to get people back into the office. The banks have to show a profit….think about it….If any bank did not show a profit everyone who held funds or invested in said bank would pull their money and we would have a depression on our hands.
Have a great day. I’m actually signing on to work. ✌🏼
I think we all need to stop responding to this low IQ individual who keeps insisting that those that prefer working from home are all lazy.
The bank has made record gains during this time, and people are working more than ever and taking less sick time, all the while saying how they’re happier because they finally have some flexibility.
This person’s argument all hinge on people wearing pajamas and taking naps during the workday, literally nothing to back up why WFH is so terrible. I wonder what made that person so bitter and miserable? Sad little thing.
Super confused on how the conversation went to the LGBTQ community…..awkward and unnecessary to even go there.
I’m thinking WFH may have had an impact on your mental awareness 😬. Too much WFH not enough human interaction.
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Just because you don't know how to focus enough to work at home, no one can. Many workers have avoided the virus and laughed at how many times you refer to pajamas and laziness as your only perception of wfh, despite the firm's great success over the past two years while everyone was wfh. You can't even respond to post who called you out on it without resorting to it again, like that's all you can do? The world has mastered wfh , thanks to the pandemic and you still cling to on-site mandates as if you hold some secret. The Empiror who doesn't understand wfh has been exposed as a fraud; people can and do work from home and do great work. You equate "work" with putting on a pantsuit, answering emails and mouse clicks. People getting the job done without your management style know better. While I have you: he/she did not accuse you of being a man, only of wearing a tie. I'm going out on a limb and guess you don't do well on the LGBTQ training, either.
@1qsb I feel like you're just one of those missing their work "relationship" freedom and desperate for things to go back to normal. Sorry hun, but you can say all these delusional things all you want, it still won't make them true. Bless your heart.
Firstly, I’m not a man looking to wear a tie. Last time I checked, I was born a female🙄. Secondly, I know of several people who have had seizures and heart palpitations from the Pfizer vaccine. Thirdly, I’ve had COVID; in fact I still have no taste and get winded easily. Like I mentioned, if you’ve left your house you’ve already been exposed. Do you really think you have avoided the virus sitting at home taking naps during the day and pretending to work, moving your mouse every so often? Get real! Everyone wants to keep milking jammy time all day. Brush your teeth, wash your hair and come to reality RTO is coming. Get over it and accept it.
OP is right. My surgery was postponed because the hospital - the largest one in the area - doesn't have capacity during influx of covid patients. Does management think this is all just a rumor?
I see "If you can go to restaurants you can go to work" has returned. Newsflash... not everyone has disregarded precautions like you love to keep repeating on here. Good grief learn a new argument. The entire white collar world outside Wall St says you have been wrong the whole time. What makes you more special than all of them? Hospitals are at max capacity from people who weren't careful over the holidays. How do you reconcile that with your logic? In addition, your stat of vaccine being more deadly than the varient is false info if there ever was. You've been trying to paint the same picture here for a couple years, as if everyone is walking around as if things are normal, except for going to work. You're an insult to everyone who's died, suffering from long covid, or taken precautions to protect their loved ones, all so you can feel good about wearing an out-of-date tie and a starched collar. Go hang out at your water cooler and realize not everyone is a cavalier with health dangers as you are.
Because they are pure sc-m looking to anger their workforce in an effort to increase attrition which cuts down on their expenses and limits the amount of packages they have to pay out when the cuts inevitably begin. Oh—-will also help to juice the stock price and inflate their options.