RTO incentive

So it’s pretty clear that employees are pushing back on RTO. The main factors in my opinion are a general workforce pushback, the high turnover at Wells, comfort working from home and more remote working opportunities outside of wells. Of course the money has something to do with it but the absence of one of those conditions I mentioned would make people go in regardless of cost.

My question is what would it take to make us return to the office? Blanket raises would be cool but I doubt they’d give it to us because some people still wouldn’t come in. I was thinking about a gas stipend? What if we were allowed to expense let’s say $75 a month for the three days a week? Curious what others view as a reasonable incentive to get back into the office

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I know if at least one group that just got 5% across the board for every employee.
Side note, I also saw that we no longer have funding to provide “volunteer” t-shirts

Many people chose not to fight for a higher raise/bonus because they were working remotely and saw the financial benefit from doing so. By keeping us at the same rate, but requiring us to go in (the pre-pandemic full time remote workers), we are being forced to take a significant pay cut that is exacerbated by the insane inflation we have right now).

RTO is a 100% a self-survival tactic for most of our leadership. They know they can’t rationalize the money they’re commanding if they aren’t appearing busy running from meeting to meeting and claiming their departments run effectively only because they control and micro-manage the untrustworthy minions.

Most of our management team rely on outdated management styles and are too spoiled/overpaid/disinterested/egotistical to put effort into learning new skills that would actually make them more valuable.

There is no true RTO incentive.

The benefits of working from home cannot be fully replaced by anything in an office.

As a reminder, the only reason people got used to working in offices to begin with is that high speed internet didn't exist decades ago. It wasn't that occupying the same physical space was superior - it was the only option.

That's no longer the case. Society must evolve. Most of us have. We're just waiting for the out-of-touch C suite to finally catch up.

They aren't going to give any money, but they might cut your comp if you stay home.

Bare minimum before I return to office

No open floor plan
Free parking
Covered/reimbursed transit costs
Rational in-office pandemic behavior (not acting like it's over when it's not)

Otherwise no.

Free lunch, laundry service, on-site daycare, complimentary valet parking

A blanket salary increase wouldn’t work because people likely still wouldn’t come into the office

A salary decrease wouldn’t work because wells doesn’t pay enough. If you think people are leaving now, wait until you say you’re shaving some off the top. Yikes

Other companies are cutting salaries 10% - 20% if you want to work from home. How many here would want to do that?

Why not both?

Reduce the crippling amount of work they always dump on the people who remain. Money won’t do it for me.

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